Re: First Step to Major Use: Integrated Full-Text - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

>    2. MySQL supports full-text searching (not to mention
>       commercial-brand dbs like SQL Server 2005). Now that MySQL
>       supports transactions as well, there's less reason than ever for
>       web developers to build their applications with Postgres support.
>       Full-text search in Postgres (which as a contrib module is already
>       more functional than MySQL's integrated search) could make a huge
>       difference in database choice. Why be left behind when everyone
>       else is providing this functionality to their users?

Although I agree with your arguments for integration, I should point out
that MySQL's full text indexing and it's transactions are mutually
exclusive.  You can't have both.

Chris