Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?

On 10/7/05, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 01:46:29PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 12:23, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
(...)
> > > Are you aware of the MySQL Gotchas website (just google it)? Any time
> > > you see MySQL being stupid about something you should probably check
> > > there first to see if it's a "feature".
> >
> > Oh yeah, very aware. What's amazed me is how often I find something
> > that's majorly wrong that isn't in that list. For instance, this
> > particular problem isn't on the gotcha page, although lots of other
> > constraint issues are. Sadly, after talking to the author of the innodb
> > table handler, I get the feeling this one isn't going to change.
>
> Please submit any missing items to the author. If he refuses them send
> them to me and I'll start an addendum.

The author writes: all additions, corrections etc. most welcome. I
haven't had a chance to update the site much recently, but I'm slowly
going through the list to update it for MySQL 5.

Ian Barwick