> Thanks for being considerate, thourough, and honest about your opinions. > Particulary that you didn't simple depart in a huff.
Why would I depart in a huff? I was just trying to make a few objective observations. I really have no biases; I like what I've seen in MySQL, and I like alot of the more Oracle-like features in Postgres. > > 4) we looked at MySQL first (we needed replication, and eRServer had not > > been open-sourced when we started looking) > > I can't do anything about that, now can I? My point was that it's since been open-sourced; it just means I've looked longer at MySQL, as it had replication when we started looking. > Have you checked these pages? They've been posted on this list numerous > times: > http://techdocs.postgresql.org > http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html > http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html Those are much more instructive; I'm curious - why aren't then in the administrator's section of the docs? > We've been working on this on the advocacy list .... that is, giving an > accurate listing of PostgreSQL features not posessed by MySQL (same for > Oracle and DB2 as well, MySQL is just easier to start becuase we don't have > to worry about being sued). I'd appreciate it if you'd take an interest in > that document and revise anything which is innaccurate or perjorative. I might be able to provide some insight, but I've only been working with MySQL for a month or so (Oracle for about 8 years). > > "PostgreSQL supports constraints. MySQL doesn't; programmers need to > > take care of that from the client side" > > Again, InnoDB supports constraints. > > Really? This is news. We did some tests on constraints on InnoDB, and found > that while they parsed, they were not actually enforced. Was our test in > error? You may have turned them off to load data? I've run into constraints when my data-load script missed some rows in address_type. When it went to do the address_list table, all rows that had the missing address_type failed, as they should. I saw no weakness in the constraints. > > Maybe the Postgres community needs an anti-FUD individual or two; people > > that know both databases, and can provide the proper information for > > answering questions like this. A section in the docs would help as well. > > Yes, I know many of the people advocating Postgres do not want to > > compare themselves to MySQL (but rather to Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc) , > > but the volume of responses on a thread like this indicates that the > > comparison is going to happen regardless. Better to nip it in the bud > > quickly than let it go on over 3-4 days. > > Would you care to volunteer? We'd be glad to have you. Maybe once all this database testing is done; it's extra work on top of an already heavy load (add a new baby, and free time goes right down the toilet). I need to figure out my performance issues with Postgres, finish my benchmark suite, test a bunch of databases, argue with the CTO, and then start migrating. I'll be sure to post my results to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] along with the tests. David. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
