Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Ian Barwick
Subject Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list
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Msg-id 200308212228.52535.barwick@gmx.net
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In response to Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list  ("Shridhar Daithankar" <shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in>)
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On Thursday 21 August 2003 11:15, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2003 at 0:22, Ian Barwick wrote:
> > * DDL
> > - Data definition language (table creation statements etc.) in MySQL
> > are not transaction based and cannot be rolled back.
>
> Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? oracle seems to
> have autonomous transactions which is arthogonal.

DB2 8.1 seems to support transaction-capable DDL. At least, a rollback
following a CREATE TABLE causes the table to disappear. Haven't gone
into it in any depth.


Ian Barwick
barwick@gmx.net




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