[ic] postgres vs mysql

[Chris Jesseman]

Monty promised a release of MaxSql=mysql with transaction support.
http://www.mysql.com/news/article-28.html

besides, mysql is stable and "Fun to use..." 
(http://www.mysql.com/information/index.html)

-CJ
Quoting Ragen Herrington <tncybervol@home.com>:

> After reading the PostgreSQL docs again (link below) I realized the
> author
> may be writing in a biased tone.  Check it out.....
> 
> http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/PostgreSQL-HOWTO-4.html
> 
> Ragen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Heins" <mikeh@minivend.com>
> To: <interchange-users@lists.akopia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [ic] postgres vs mysql
> 
> 
> > Quoting Ragen Herrington (tncybervol@home.com):
> > > Troy,
> > >
> > > If I remember correctly, mySQL is a duplicated effort related to
> postgres.
> > > That being said, mySQL will be discontinued at some point in time.
> > > Hopefully this tidbit will help your decision.
> > >
> >
> > I certainly haven't heard this. MySQL is alive and kicking, and there
> > are certainly no plans to discontinue it that I have heard.
> >
> > I wonder if you were thinking of miniSQL, which has been struggling.
> > Supposedly it revived as of Jan 1 (see http://www.hughes.com.au).
> >
> > I was down on Postgres for speed reasons at one time, but V7.0x
> > has *greatly* improved speed, to the point where some people say
> > it is faster than MySQL. I wouldn't have believed that until I tried
> > 7.0x just yesterday. The several seconds it used to take to import
> > only a few hundred records (the country table) now are not
> appreciably
> > diffrent from the blink of an eye MySQL takes.
> >
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