Re: MySQL+InnoDB vs. PostgreSQL test?

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL+InnoDB vs. PostgreSQL test?
Date: 2004-02-03 03:04:45
Message-ID: 401F0FCD.70903@familyhealth.com.au
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> Seriously, I am tired of this kind of question. You gotta get bold
> enough to stand up in a "meeting" like that, say "guy's, you can ask me
> how this compares to Oracle ... but if you're seriously asking me how
> this compares to MySQL, call me again when you've done your homework".

Hey at least I noticed that InnoDB has one essential feature we don't:

SELECT ... IN SHARE MODE;

Which does a shared lock on a row as opposed to a write lock, hence
avoiding nasty foreign key deadlocks...

Chris

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