Обсуждение: Re: PG vs MySQL
Hey, Entering "postgresql vs. mysql" on Google turned up 16,300 results. The first one was a decent article from just two months ago, while the second hit was the somewhat infamous Perdue article from PHPBuilder. Search engines are your friend. There are also a few mentions of MySQL in the PostgreSQL FAQ: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html Yes, this question has been asked before, beaten to death a million times, then asked again. And again. The flames spread out all across the 'Net, from newsgroups to Slashdot. J p.s. The "[GENERAL]" thingy is the name of this list/newsgroup, i.e. comp.databases.postgresql.general. [GENERAL] == ".general". Andrey Shcherbina wrote: > 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
For what it's worth, I'm one of those people who switched from mySQL to PostgreSQL. Why? Because the latter has a number of capabilities that the former is lacking, chief among these being: 1. transactions 2. views 3. subqueries Andrey Shcherbina wrote: > > 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 -- Stuart Robinson [stuart@zapata.org]
and never forget foreign keys :) They make life so easy. -------------------------- Canaan Surfing Ltd. Internet Service Providers Ben-Nes Michael - Manager Tel: 972-4-6991122 http://sites.canaan.co.il -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Robinson" <stuart@zapata.org> To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:26 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PG vs MySQL > For what it's worth, I'm one of those people who switched from mySQL to > PostgreSQL. Why? Because the latter has a number of capabilities that the > former is lacking, chief among these being: > > 1. transactions > 2. views > 3. subqueries > > Andrey Shcherbina wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > Stuart Robinson [stuart@zapata.org] > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html >
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Stuart Robinson wrote: > For what it's worth, I'm one of those people who switched from mySQL to > PostgreSQL. Why? Because the latter has a number of capabilities that the > former is lacking, chief among these being: > > 1. transactions > 2. views > 3. subqueries same here. plus UNION (yes i know you could do this in MySQL with separate selects into a temporary table) and foreign keys. a while back i was looking to port all of our stuff to pgsql when I couldn't get MySQL to run stable on my NetBSD/Alpha machine cause of threading issues. But I got that resolved with MySQL (used to crash a lot but haven't for months). Then there was that limitation of the 8K issue that's long resolved with pgsql. And I had to wait for emulated soft floats to work on NetBSD/Alpha (thanks to Ross Harvey from NetBSD). as Minnesota.com expands, I'm starting to see limitations of MySQL, very smiliar to what Tim Purdue stated in his article. All the things I didn't need before (transactions, views, subqueries, triggers, UNION), I find I now need. In my process or portign and making my PHP apps for DB independent, I found myself making lots of special IF/ELSE cases for MySQL because it's not as standard (case in point, '||' in MySQL is the OR operator, where it should be concat). I'd still recommend MySQL for applications that are small and don't forsee it growing very large, because their interface and setup is much easier to understand for a beginner. > > Andrey Shcherbina wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > Stuart Robinson [stuart@zapata.org] > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html >
Thanks guyz. Yep, now I read the FAQ and your replies and I have no doubt that I'll go with PostgreSQL because I can't even imagine a modern database without subqueries, foreign keys and tons of other stuff that MySQL doesn't implement. "Stuart Robinson" <stuart@zapata.org> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.30.0111211122120.2565-100000@dreamingameric.com... > For what it's worth, I'm one of those people who switched from mySQL to > PostgreSQL. Why? Because the latter has a number of capabilities that the > former is lacking, chief among these being: > > 1. transactions > 2. views > 3. subqueries > > Andrey Shcherbina wrote: > > > > 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 > > -- > Stuart Robinson [stuart@zapata.org] > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html