From: | Juan Pereira <juankarlos(dot)openggd(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | John Cheng <chonger(dot)cheng(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL for GPS Data |
Date: | 2009-03-18 09:50:27 |
Message-ID: | 5339c9a90903180250t6fd2482en19428b2d9d79e82f@mail.gmail.com |
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John Cheng wrote:
>> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list?
Not yet. Admitting my ignorance in databases, I'm trying to understand all
the concepts discussed in this thread .
Be sure today I will ask the MySQL list.
Thanks
2009/3/17 John Cheng <chonger(dot)cheng(at)gmail(dot)com>
> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list? What do
> they say about this?
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Erik Jones <ejones(at)engineyard(dot)com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>
>> The question is: Which DBMS do you think is the best for this kind of
>>>> application? PostgreSQL or MySQL?
>>>>
>>>
>>> As you can imagine, PostgreSQL.
>>>
>>> My main reasons are that in a proper transactional environment (ie
>>> you're not using scary MyISAM tables) Pg is *much* better about handling
>>> concurrent load, particularly concurrent activity by readers and writers.
>>>
>>
>> Actually, following this comment it should be noted that if you were to
>> choose MySQL you'd pretty much be making a decision to *not* be using
>> transactions at all. The reason for this is that while InnoDB does support
>> MySQL's geometry data types it does *not* support indexes on geometry
>> columns, only MyISAM does which does not support transactions. Call me old
>> fashioned if you like, but I like my data to have integrity ;)
>>
>> Erik Jones, Database Administrator
>> Engine Yard
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