Hi. As Jeremy said, most info can be found by reading the archives or the manual.
On Tue 2003-01-14 at 11:41:16 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've asked on another list which database they recommend among MySQL and MS > SQL, and ... possibly PostgreSQL. > Most of that list members answered me that they recommend MS SQL because it > has much more features. The simple question is: do you need the features? If so, you should probably go with MS SQL or Oracle. If not, why should you (waste your money)? > Can you tell me which are the most important differences between MS SQL and > MySQL? > I am interested in the differences in the following areas: > > - the speed All benchmark are lies (they show what they are supposed to measure, not what your requirements are). That said, you may want to have a look at e.g. http://www.mysql.com/information/benchmarks.html http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,293,00.asp and MySQL AB's summary of the latter: http://www.mysql.com/eweek/index.html > - the max size of a database, the max size of a table, etc. Database and table size are almost unlimited. (8 Million TB for tables), but practically limited by the underlying OS: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Table_size.html > - the things that can be done in MySQL but can't be done in MS SQL I don't know about the MS SQL side, but here is some of the MySQL side: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Compatibility.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Extensions_to_ANSI.html (particularly) Additional MySQL "features" are: - you have the source and can tweak behaviour, if you want or need - outstanding support on this list and by MySQL AB - quick turn-around time: although no guarantee, experience shows, if you happen to find a critical bug, chances are high that you have a patch the next day. > - The things that can be done in MS SQL but not in MySQL Again the MySQL side of things: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Differences_from_ANSI.html > - How easy is to access a database from Perl I don't know about MS SQL, but I presume it can be accessed via DBI the same way as MySQL, so the answer is probably: it is the same for both. There are quite some interesting, more insightful posts in the list archive about that, but I am a bit too lazy to dig them up. HTH, Benjamin. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
