Re: Monty on MySQL 5.1: "Oops, we did it again"

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Jason Long <mailing(dot)list(at)supernovasoftware(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Monty on MySQL 5.1: "Oops, we did it again"
Date: 2008-12-03 22:26:37
Message-ID: 200812032226.mB3MQbs28901@momjian.us
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Jason Long wrote:
> Greg Smith wrote:
> > I wonder if I'm the only one who just saved a copy of that post for
> > reference in case it gets forcibly removed...
> >
> > Recently I was thinking about whether I had enough material to warrant
> > a 2008 update to "Why PostgreSQL instead of MySQL"; who would have
> > guessed that Monty would do most of the research I was considering for
> > me?
> >
> > --
> > * Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
> >
> I quit using MySQL years ago when the default table type did not have
> transactions and subqueries were not existent. The features I was
> looking for were already in PostgreSQL for several versions.
>
> I am surprised to see such an honest post regarding MySQL.

Monty is quite supportive of Postgres.

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