Re: [HACKERS] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL"

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL"
Date: 2003-08-21 10:30:58
Message-ID: 3F449F62.7020107@pse-consulting.de
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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.
>
M$ SQL2000 has (and previous versions had too, I believe)

Regards,
Andreas

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