On 19 March 2013 10:50, Russell Keith-Magee <russ...@keith-magee.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Philip Goh <philip.wj....@gmail.com> >> In the end, if you're asking this question you can't go far wrong if you >> toss a coin and pick one. > > Much of a muchness? They *really* aren't. One of them is an actual database. > One of them… isn't.
I remember my databases lecturer almost chocking on her tongue when someone mentioned MySQL was a database as people were straggling into the hall. It really stuck in my head because I'd been using it for years (and I still do on occasion). > of MySQL has been a constant stream of "What the hell were they smoking". In > It has an incredibly > naive indexing structure, and a query planner that is dumb as a bag of > hammers. > And then, just for giggles, MySQL does stuff like this: > Anyone who can rationalize > this behavior without resorting to medicinal grade hallucinogens wins a > shiny new penny. This is gold. > > tl;dr - Friends don't let friends use MySQL. Passion is a wonderful thing - please don't ever leave it at the door. L. -- The new creativity is pointing, not making. Likewise, in the future, the best writers will be the best information managers. http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/an-interview-with-avant-garde-poet-kenneth-goldsmith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
