Re: postgresql vs mysql

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On 02/20/07 23:59, Adam Rich wrote:
> I'm not apologizing for their past mistakes.. But the issue
> you cite is no longer true:
>
> "As of 5.0.2, the server requires that month and day values
> be legal, and not merely in the range 1 to 12 and 1 to 31,
> respectively."

Only if you set sql modes STRICT_TRANS_TABLES and STRICT_ALL_TABLES
(which *still* allow bogus dates like 2007-02-00!!) or TRADITIONAL.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/server-sql-mode.html

It's (finally) a step in the right direction, but is really only a
"pretty please", since SQL modes are session-time changeable.

>
> mysql> use test
> Database changed
> mysql> create table test ( td DATE );
> Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
> mysql> insert into test values ('35-Feb-2007');
> ERROR 1292 (22007): Incorrect date value: '35-Feb-2007' for column 'td'
> at row 1
> mysql> select version();
> +-----------------+
> | version()       |
> +-----------------+
> | 5.0.27-standard |
> +-----------------+
> 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:35 PM
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgresql vs mysql
>
>
> On 02/20/07 15:25, gustavo halperin wrote:
>>  Hello
>
>> I  have a friend that ask me why postgresql is better than mysql.
>> I personally prefer posgresql, but she need to give in her work 3 or 4
>> strong reasons for that. I mean not to much technical reasons. Can you
>> give help me please ?
>
> The only reason I'd need is that MySQL (even InnoDB) lets you
> accidentally insert intrinsically bad data.  According to the
> official v5 docs, it's the app programmer's fault if s/he tries to
> insert 35-Feb-2007 into the database.  MySQL will purposefully
> convert it to '0000-00-00'.
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/constraint-invalid-data.html
>

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