Re: [GENERAL] RE: postgresql and web transactions

2000-02-18 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello Lincoln, On 18-Feb-00 05:40:51, you wrote: >About transactions, I find that they're not that useful in a typical web >app, because >1) Many web apps are simple, and don't need transactions, or have simple >work arounds. You mean that applications that require almost read only databases,

Re: [GENERAL] RE: postgresql and web transactions

2000-02-18 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
At 10:10 AM 17-02-2000 +0100, Nemeth Miklos wrote: >> And if this isn't too inflamatory a question, where does postgresql stand >> in comparison to MySql and DB2? (both of which aren't free I believe). >> >MySQL does NOT support transaction, which is indispensable for a real >DBMS used as the prim