Re: fairly current mysql v postgresql comparison need for

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: "Randal L(dot) Schwartz" <merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: fairly current mysql v postgresql comparison need for
Date: 2003-03-24 18:25:37
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0303241125020.23224-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On 24 Mar 2003, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>
> I'm getting beaten up by the mysql users around me because they claim
> that MySQL 4.x with InnoDB solves all of the ACID problems, so Pg no
> longer pulls clearly ahead.
>
> Has anyone examined this closely so that I have some nice things to
> say about Pg instead?
>
> Also, has anyone done a MySQL 4.x v Pg 7.{2,3}.x comparison recently?
> All of the comparisons I saw in google were older.

Oh, and another thing. How do you do hot backups of a MySQL database
running Innodb tables? Better get out the checkbook for some closed
source software.

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