On March 20, I asked for help in the Newbie MySQL forum, got no answers. Then the forum administrator moved the post to the PostgreSQL MySQL forum -a forum that deals with PostgreSQL migration issues-, and again no answers.
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?83,253709,253709#msg-253709 Regards Juan Karlos 2009/3/20 Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> > Hello > > it isn't correct comparation. > > MySQL people use mainly web forum > > regards > Pavel Stehule > > 2009/3/20 Juan Pereira <juankarlos.open...@gmail.com>: > > John Cheng wrote: > > > >>> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list? > > > > I'm afraid MySQL general list isn't as dynamic as PostgreSQL general > list. > > > > http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/216795 > > > > MySQL general list: 4 answers in about 48 hours > > PostgreSQL general list: 27 answers in about 72 hours > > > > > > Thanks again to everybody for the amount of knowledge you have shared in > > this thread. > > > > Juan Karlos > > > > > > 2009/3/17 John Cheng <chonger.ch...@gmail.com> > >> > >> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list? What > do > >> they say about this? > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Erik Jones <ejo...@engineyard.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Craig Ringer wrote: > >>> > >>>>> The question is: Which DBMS do you think is the best for this kind of > >>>>> application? PostgreSQL or MySQL? > >>>> > >>>> As you can imagine, PostgreSQL. > >>>> > >>>> My main reasons are that in a proper transactional environment (ie > >>>> you're not using scary MyISAM tables) Pg is *much* better about > handling > >>>> concurrent load, particularly concurrent activity by readers and > >>>> writers. > >>> > >>> Actually, following this comment it should be noted that if you were to > >>> choose MySQL you'd pretty much be making a decision to *not* be using > >>> transactions at all. The reason for this is that while InnoDB does > support > >>> MySQL's geometry data types it does *not* support indexes on geometry > >>> columns, only MyISAM does which does not support transactions. Call me > old > >>> fashioned if you like, but I like my data to have integrity ;) > >>> > >>> Erik Jones, Database Administrator > >>> Engine Yard > >>> Support, Scalability, Reliability > >>> 866.518.9273 x 260 > >>> Location: US/Pacific > >>> IRC: mage2k > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > >>> To make changes to your subscription: > >>> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> - John L Cheng > > > > >