Re: Need Some Recent Information on the Differences between Postgres and MySql

From: Jim Montgomery <monty1967(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Need Some Recent Information on the Differences between Postgres and MySql
Date: 2010-06-25 13:02:34
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:44:34 +0100
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need Some Recent Information on the Differences between Postgres and MySql
> From: dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org
> To: andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com
> CC: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM, A. Kretschmer
> <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> wrote:
> > In response to Dave Page :
> >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Didn't PostgreSQL used to have more than 1 storage engine in the past?
> >> > I thought I read somewhere it did, but it was decided it was a
> >> > compromise on stability and/or quality, so ended up using a single
> >> > kick-ass engine?
> >>
> >> Yes, many, many moons ago.
> >
> > Really? Do you have a link?
>
> Hmm, I think I misread Thom's question. The smgr API used to be far
> more rigidly designed as I understand it, to allow the possibility of
> having different storage engines (for example, maybe one that used raw
> devices). I don't know that any other storage engines were ever
> actually written though.
>
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