From: | Juan Pereira <juankarlos(dot)openggd(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amitabh Kant <amitabhkant(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL for GPS Data |
Date: | 2009-03-23 10:30:53 |
Message-ID: | 5339c9a90903230330h4e0c9509kf4fd95a482b92b24@mail.gmail.com |
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On March 20, I asked for help in the Newbie MySQL forum, got no answers.
Then the forum administrator moved the post to the PostgreSQL MySQL forum -a
forum that deals with PostgreSQL migration issues-, and again no answers.
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?83,253709,253709#msg-253709
Regards
Juan Karlos
2009/3/20 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Hello
>
> it isn't correct comparation.
>
> MySQL people use mainly web forum
>
> regards
> Pavel Stehule
>
> 2009/3/20 Juan Pereira <juankarlos(dot)openggd(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> > John Cheng wrote:
> >
> >>> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list?
> >
> > I'm afraid MySQL general list isn't as dynamic as PostgreSQL general
> list.
> >
> > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/216795
> >
> > MySQL general list: 4 answers in about 48 hours
> > PostgreSQL general list: 27 answers in about 72 hours
> >
> >
> > Thanks again to everybody for the amount of knowledge you have shared in
> > this thread.
> >
> > Juan Karlos
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>> Support, Scalability, Reliability
> >>> 866.518.9273 x 260
> >>> Location: US/Pacific
> >>> IRC: mage2k
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> - John L Cheng
> >
> >
>
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