I have an extrememly query heavy site that I tried to switch from MySQL to PgSQL. And after spending literally a week reconfiguring thousands of queries and rewriting code, I finally had the pgSQL version of the site live, but when I had even a trickle of users on the site it was HORRENDOUSLY slow. Now, if I had optimized my code and my queries for another 3 weeks, I may have had something that was usable. But I will take the speed of MySQL and live without some of the niceties of PgSQL.
Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: David Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mark Warner; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PgSQL vs MySQL As a DBA and someone who has worked both with PostgresQL and MySQL, I think I can answer this knowingly. First, MySQL is significantly faster than PostgresQL and Oracle. Second, MySQL is also a simpler database to set up and configure. Third, the documentation is better, and there are far more third party books out there. Fourth, MySQL has a more impressive list of customers. Yes, there are some large PostgresQL customers (the .org domain system?), but none like Yahoo and Slashdot. MySQL does not have triggers, stored procedures or views yet. Sub-selects should be out in six months. After fighting with PostgresQL to try to get it to use indexes, rewriting tonnes of queries, and still getting poor performance, I gave up on it. I prefer MySQL with InnoDB. Some of the gotcha's are valid, and others can be found in any database. Forewarned is forearmed. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:51 AM Subject: Re: PgSQL vs MySQL > > > What advantages, besides ease of setup, does MySQL hold over PostgreSQL? > > It would seem, to me, that the two are close competitors (both in > > quality, and performance). > > Are you sure about quality? Check out: > > http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html > > You can check out postgresql's on the same site but they are significally less critical. After reviewing this and talking to some other people i'm switching over to postgresql. I'm sure there is a place with mysql but I don't think i'd trust it for anything critical unless you very confident your developers know what they are doing. > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
