Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?

On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 00:32, Chris Travers wrote:
> Scott Marlowe wrote:

> >Strict Mode and Error handling:  Not an option, but always on in
> >PostgreSQL.  There are still plenty of things that "fall through the
> >cracks" on MySQL, like my previously mentioned problem with column level
> >constraints (specificall fk but all column level constraints are
> >ignored, no error, no warning, no notice.)  Jeez, how hard would it be
> >to just throw a danged notice?
> >
> >
> Or worse, do you want an RDBMS where an application can turn of data
> verification and then insert dates like Feb 31, 2005?  (Strict mode can
> be enabled/disabled per connection/session)
> <snip>

Oh my dear god, you have got be kidding!  No way to lock out bad data
then?  ugh.