Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-08-02 Thread Thomas Charron
On 7/31/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:54 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read and consider my entire message before replying notice at the top of all my posts... But that

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-08-01 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 31, 2007, at 13:17, Ben Scott wrote: I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read I think everybody reads at least part of your messages before replying - what do you mean, exactly? -Bill - Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home:

MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Ted Roche
Paul Lussier wrote: It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most) uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer completely missed the R point RDB[3]. Most programmers are amateurs. Even the really, really good ones. Business application

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Ben Scott
On 7/31/07, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Josh Berkus blogs, ... should be picking a database based on which specific ... features, they need in their database and not out of some ignorant assessment that Database X is way faster. Are you saying that decisions should be made based on

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Lloyd Kvam
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 10:39 -0400, Ted Roche wrote: Paul Lussier wrote: It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most) uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer completely missed the R point RDB[3]. Most programmers are amateurs.

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Ben Scott
I've heard it said that MySQL is the ideal database for programmers who don't understand databases. No annoyances like stored procedures and server constraints to get in the way of your application code scribbling all over the tables. ;-) Of course, I gather MySQL has improved a fair bit in

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
No annoyances like stored procedures Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0 md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Bill Sconce
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:39:32 -0400 Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Lussier wrote: It is lacking features[1][2], and I've certainly seen plenty (if not most) uses of MySQL completely abuse it to the point where the developer completely missed the R point RDB[3]. Most

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Marc Nozell
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:53:23AM -0400, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote: No annoyances like stored procedures Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0 And a bunch of other useful features such as triggers, views and more storage engines for specialized database needs (some via 3rd

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Ben Scott
On 7/31/07, Jon 'maddog' Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh well, they just added stored procedures in 5.0 On 7/31/07, Marc Nozell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And a bunch of other useful features such as triggers, views and more storage engines for specialized database needs (some via 3rd parties).

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Paul Lussier
Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read and consider my entire message before replying notice at the top of all my posts... But that would eliminate much of the hilarity ensuing from those who take snippets of your posts completely out of context :)

Re: MySQL v. PostgreSQL, continued, was: Microsoft Access - two questions

2007-07-31 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 13:54 -0400, Paul Lussier wrote: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm gonna have to start putting a Please read and consider my entire message before replying notice at the top of all my posts... But that would eliminate much of the hilarity ensuing from those