Re: Differences between postgres and mysql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Differences between postgres and mysql
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Msg-id 24159.1077122316@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Differences between postgres and mysql  (Mike Nolan <nolan@gw.tssi.com>)
Responses Re: Differences between postgres and mysql  (Mike Nolan <nolan@gw.tssi.com>)
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Mike Nolan <nolan@gw.tssi.com> writes:
> MySQL's poor implementation of the 'alter table' process.

Interesting you should say that, because for years we were getting beat
up regularly about how poor our ALTER capabilities were compared to
MySQL's.  Have we really passed them up in ALTER flexibility?  Or is
there some other limitation you are thinking of?

            regards, tom lane

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