On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 03:04:29PM +0000, nemesis wrote: > Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > > > Second, why anyone still uses MySQL on a new installation now that > > PostgreSQL has surpassed it and gone on to being a "baby Oracle", > > while MySQL plays "catch up", I can't figure out. > > I heard/read somewhere that although MySQL lacks the features of PostgreSQL, it > is just faster for simpler operations. Maybe it isn't.
It used to be. MySQL was so fast historically, because it wasn't really a database (Real Programmers Don't Need Referential Integrity and all that nonsense) but rather an SQL interface to a flat file. When the MySQL people started to realise that they needed to add real database features, the gap between PostgreSQL and MySQL narrowed. The last time I looked at it, PG was a little faster than My, but there wasn't a lot in it. Given the lack of speed difference, PG is infinitely preferable to My, at least in my little world. Ben
