Re: PG vs MySQL

From: Russ McBride <Russ(at)psyex(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PG vs MySQL
Date: 2001-11-21 22:54:10
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Yeah, the dead horse has been beaten thoroughly already, but this is
a great autopsy:

http://openacs.org/philosophy/why-not-mysql.html

--Russ

> Hi,
>
> I'm sure this question was asked before but I can't find the answer.
>
> I've just started looking at options of runnnig Linux-based (actually, I
> need something free :) database engines with MS Access as a front-end. I
> can't find any comparison between PostgreSQL and MySQL. It seems so far
> that PG is better (people tend to migrate to PG, not vice versa) and
> that's why I'm asking this question on PG newsgroup but not on MySQL.
> Anyway, it would be really nice to have that information on what exactly
> is different in the engines.
>
> Thank you,
> Andrey Shcherbina

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