Re: MySQL 5 comparison - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Thanks Hans,

What you've done is what everybody thinks of doing. When it's time, I'll
review your posts to advocacy and depending on how it strikes me I can either
write it up as part of a FAQ, an editorial or maybe a full blown how-to.

cheers

Robert

On January 6, 2005 02:43 pm, you wrote:
> Robert, folks,
>
> I have hacked a simple script (quick and dirty) to do some basic testing
> via jdbc.
> This is nothing special - just something simple to get basic results.
>
> The basic idea to execute entire sets of statements and log their
> duration in SQL format so that the data can be analyzed easily.
>
> Robert, I have attached the script so you can use it if you wish.
> If I can do something for you just let me know.
>
>     Best regards,
>
>        Hans
>
> Robert Bernier wrote:
> >Guys,
> >
> >I sent an email to Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres@cybertec.at> and asked if
> > he could give me particulars about the bench marking he did. Could I have
> > some comments about the idea of making a more structured presentation in
> > an article, in the next SRA newsletter, http://sraapowergres.com ?
> >
> >On January 6, 2005 08:45 am, you wrote:
> >>>Has anyone spent any time with the MySQL 5.0 alpha, set to go into
> >>
> >>beta
> >>
> >>>shortly
> >>
> >>(http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/01/04/HNmysql5beta_1.html)?
> >>
> >>>Would be interesting to have a rudimentary comparison checklist - not
> >>
> >>so
> >>
> >>>much benchmarks, as features, as they seem to have added a lot.  And
> >>
> >>any
> >>
> >>>info on how they've implemented these features (e.g. multiple table
> >>
> >>types
> >>
> >>>in order to use different features, etc.) would be of interest.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>Ned
> >>
> >>Putting my advocacy hat on,
> >>If you look at their description of the upcoming features, it's
> >>saturated with words like 'basic', 'initial', and 'rudimentary'.  I
> >>don't think mysql 5.0 will be a watershed moment where it will become
> >>the database of choice for industrial application development...
> >>
> >>The new stuff on a point by point feature comparison may look
> >>impressive, but they need to work on internal stuff like the locking
> >>engine, get some real logging etc.
> >>
> >>On a more even handed note, it's nice to see them get some real
> >>features.  Open source success stories are not zero-sum, so what's good
> >>for them is not necessarily bad for us.  Competition is good, but pg is
> >>at least 3 years ahead of them in development!
> >>
> >>Merlin
> >>
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