Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karel Zak
Subject Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)
Date
Msg-id 20031009061602.GB8513@zf.jcu.cz
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In response to Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)  (Richard Welty <rwelty@averillpark.net>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 11:45:36AM -0400, Richard Welty wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:28:00 -0400 (EDT) John Wells <jb@sourceillustrated.com> wrote:
>
> > It's my opinion that we should be using PG, because of the full ACID
> > support, and the license involved.  A consultant my company hired before
> > bringing me in is pushing hard for MySql, citing speed and community
> > support, as well as ACID support.
>
> you should also cite conformity to standards. MySQL is significantly
> different from SQL standards in a number of regards. not that any are fully

  I think very nice example is:

            SELECT 'a' || 'b';

  BTW,  MySQL versions  without transactions  are unusable  for 365/7/24
  systems, because you  cannot make backup of DB  without transaction or
  redo log.

    Karel

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 Karel Zak  <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>
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