Re: postgresql vs mysql

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Brandon Aiken" <BAiken(at)winemantech(dot)com>
Subject: Re: postgresql vs mysql
Date: 2007-02-23 21:47:18
Message-ID: 200702232247.18420.peter_e@gmx.net
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Brandon Aiken wrote:
> That's why you make a table for every device or every measurement,
> and then use a view to consolidate it. With updatable views, there's
> no excuse not to.

No, you put them all on one table and put nulls in places where no data
is available. With real database systems, there's no excuse not to.

--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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