Re: [GENERAL] Re: PostgreSQL vs Mysql comparison

Boty Byron (ODBC) and Peter (JDBC) are constantly working at upgrading and
updating the drivers based on user comments and requests ... if we are
short something, IMHO, its because nobody has ever mentioned the need ...

On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:

> As I remember the MySQL crashme (which is, or at least was, _very_
> biased), MySQL had two major plusses - the speed (people always talk
> about speed with MySQL) and ODBC / JDBC issues.
>
> Now someone stated that PostgreSQL was just as fast as MySQL with
> regards to retrieving data. It would be nice to see that backed up by
> some benchmarks. If it's true, I'd expect PostgreSQL to be faster on
> some queries and MySQL on others; no DB is better in all cases.
>
> Of course PostgreSQL will be slower on inserts in general, as there is
> more to check and more to perform.
>
> But I'm not sure if someone is actively working on enhancing the ODBC
> and JDBC drivers? The crashme page listed every little datatype
> supported by these interfaces, and it seems to be easy points to make
> the PostgreSQL driver up to date.
>
>
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