RE: MySQL treads belong else where.

From: "Andrew Snow" <andrew(at)modulus(dot)org>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: MySQL treads belong else where.
Date: 2001-08-30 11:20:02
Message-ID: 000001c13145$b6ab7940$fa01b5ca@avon
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> So far I haven't seen any real flames or insults thrown about
> yet - no MYsql will kill your puppy threads at all. There
> can be rigourous discussion without insults being thrown and
> so far that's all I've seen.

No, but it WILL kill your data, if the DB is big enough and has been in
use long enough.. speaking from personal experience *weep* ;-)

I used to think mysql was great while I was learning SQL, because it was
free, unbloated, and easy to use. But I think one grows out of it for
larger and more complex projects... Postgres' larger set of features and
sophisticated locking become invaluable.

I know (from reading this list) that people sometimes have trouble with
PGSQL, but quite honestly I found that after I had read the Postgresql
docs in their entirety, everything "fit" and seemed intuitive. (I found
it not unlike the feeling of becoming a FreeBSD user after having used
linux...)

For the project as a whole I guess its a matter of killing off the
genuine FUD with one hand, and fixing the areas in Postgres that MySQL
does have genuinely have an advantage, with the other hand.

- Andrew

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