Re: mysql vs postgresql -- is this list accurate?

2010-09-06 Thread Carsten Pedersen
On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:36:02 -0400 (EDT), "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > no, i don't want to start a flame war, i just want some feedback on > a current list of mysql "drawbacks" WRT postgresql. > > in the context of a fully open-source, java based ECM product, there > is a FAQ entry that summarize

Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

2005-03-15 Thread Josh Trutwin
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:49:38 +0900 ninjajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you think about MySQL vs PostgreSQL ? Both are great products and have their ups and downs. On a MySQL list you will not get an un-biases answer to this question. If you really want to know what people on the MySQL

RE: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

2005-03-15 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Perhaps a quick search at a list archive will give you the answers you are looking for. This was discussed at length about 6 months ago and the messages are still at gmane. Just page through and you will find many messages with just this subject. http://search.gmane.org/search.php?group=gmane.comp

Re: mysql vs postgresql

2005-02-25 Thread Gleb Paharenko
Hello. You should search in archives for such questions. For example see threads at: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/160972 http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/170673 "shabanip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > just want to know the main benefits of mysql over postgresql. > thanks,

Re: mysql vs postgresql

2005-02-25 Thread Rich Lafferty
On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:43:50PM +0100, Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't you think it is childish to link to documentation from 2003? I've never seen a child do anything like you describe. -Rich -- Rich Lafferty --+

Re: mysql vs postgresql

2005-02-25 Thread Jochem van Dieten
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:21:26 -0600, mos wrote: > > http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.mysql.com/doc/en/MySQL-PostgreSQL_features.html There is a reason this page was removed from the MySQL site: some of it was never correct in the first place, and the rest was severly outdated. Don't you thi

Re: mysql vs postgresql

2005-02-25 Thread mos
At 05:45 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote: hi, just want to know the main benefits of mysql over postgresql. thanks, Payam Shabanian Payam, The differences between the products are narrowing, especially with MySQL 5.0 which is still in beta. If I could sum it up in 1 sentence then MySQL is typical

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-15 Thread Curtis Maurand
MySQL has posted a very interesting comparison on their website. It appears to be a reasonably fair evaluation. PostgreSQL was faster than MySQL in some areas and MySQL was faster than PostgreSQL in most areas. For speed with all of that functionality, I'd be more inclined to look at DB2 rat

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-15 Thread Alexey Borzov
Hi! First of all, if I decide to benchmark MySQL vs. PostgreSQL with my application, PostgreSQL will probably be faster. That does not mean that MySQL is "generally" slower or that I *want* it to look slower. That just means 1) I have no experience in tuning MySQL 2) My application was built wi

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Joel Rees
> As a minor side issue, we did some _very limited_ testing with MS SQLServer > 2000 using unicode v ascii queries. Using unicode, queries tended to run at > about half the speed compare to using ascii. > This was client server, so it is likely that the increased network traffic > is to blame, but

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Joel Rees
> > If maximum speed is critical. > > > > It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the > > only criterion > > in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be > > just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the > > prizes; the trick is to

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Robson Oliveira
same environment and network conditions, mainly, using IPv6 network protocol. Robson - Original Message - From: "Andy Eastham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mysql List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSql -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Andy Eastham
When I benchmarked PostgreSql against MySql for my application, MySql was 15 times faster, so 18% wouldn't make much difference for me! Andy > -Original Message- > From: Robson Oliveira [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 July 2003 15:35 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > S

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Robson Oliveira
>> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the >> speed is also >> >very important issue. >> >> You might have to spend money! >> >> >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as >fast as

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with >> >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the >> speed is also >> >very important issue. >> >> You might have to spend money! >> >> >You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as >fast as

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> >I agree with your opinion in 100%, but in my case I need DBMS with > >features like subselectes/utf-8/stored procedures but the > speed is also > >very important issue. > > You might have to spend money! > > You are saying that there is DBMS with all this features and it is as fast as MySQL

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Jim Smith
>> If maximum speed is critical. >> >> It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the >> only criterion >> in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be >> just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the >> prizes; the trick is to find th

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Leisy Gamez Torrecilla
Very smart your opinion, I agree at all with you. -Mensaje original- De: Bruce Feist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Monday, July 14, 2003 5:37 AM Para: MySQL List Asunto: Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test Marek Lewczuk wrote: >For everyone who thinks about moving from My

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> > which PostgreSQL version have you testet? If you want compare > MySQL and > PostgreSQL, than you have to use InnoDB tables. Tests with > MyISAM make no > sense. Out J2EE Application is working woth PostgreSQL 7.3.3 > and MySQL > 4.0.13 with InnoDB tables (we need transactions and > refe

RE: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Marek Lewczuk
> If maximum speed is critical. > > It's easy to lose sight of the fact that speed is not the > only criterion > in choosing a DBMS. Features, stability, security, and so on can be > just as important or more so. No single DBMS is going to win all the > prizes; the trick is to find the one

Re: MySQL vs. PostgreSQL -- speed test

2003-07-14 Thread Bruce Feist
Marek Lewczuk wrote: For everyone who thinks about moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL I have a realy bad news - It's not worth. That's a bit of an overstatement! Why, You may ask... A few days ago I have installed and tested PostgreSQL, becouse I realy need UTF-8 support and subselects. I thought