Re: Re: Re: Why PostgreSQL is not that popular as MySQL ?

Easy to find documentation about compatibility will be nice for a start. Maybe a table with PostgreSQL syntax, MySQL
etc.syntax and standard SQL-92. 

At 02:23 11.12.2000, Tom Lane wrote:
>"Brett W. McCoy" <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net> writes:
>> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Matthew wrote:
>>> [Matthew]  Would it make sense for postgre to have a mysql
>>> compatibility module?  An add on package (perhaps in contrib) that
>>> would add many of the functions that mysql has that postgre does not.
>
>> I think it would be wasted effort.  I would rather the developers focus on
>> PostgreSQL, not MySQL, or Access, or whatever.
>
>I agree that the key developers shouldn't spend much time on such a
>thing, but on the other hand this isn't a project that requires a key
>developer to get done.  If Matthew or someone else feels like spending
>time on it, I wouldn't object...
>
>                        regards, tom lane