Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.
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Msg-id 20021012021624.GB4443@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.  (Jeff Davis <list-pgsql-hackers@empires.org>)
Responses Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.
Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL.
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On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 07:08:18PM -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:

> And it really is a minor matter of convenience. I end up dropping and 
> recreating all my tables a lot in the early stages of development, which is 
> mildly annoying. Certainly not as bad, I suppose, as if you're led to believe 
> that a feature does something safely, and it kills all your data.

Now that ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN is implemented, there probably isn't
any more the need to do such frequent drop/create of tables.

And things just keep getting better and better.  This is really amazing.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
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