MySQL vs PostgreSQL (was "RE: MySQL install from source??")

[mike cullerton]

On Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 01:23 PM, Christopher Murtagh wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, mike cullerton wrote:
>> most people don't need atomicity or rollback. they want to produce web
>> pages.
>
>  This is a meaningless statement, equivalent to saying 'most people 
> don't
> need stable operating systems, they just want to use their computers'.

actually, an equvalent statement would be more like

  'most people don't need a journaling filesystem, they just want to 
send email and browse the web'

atomicity and rollback are features. if you don't need them, using 
them as a basis for comparison doesn't help very much.

the original question was asked by someone wanting to learn. 
'edification' was the term they used, i believe. mysql is perfect for 
this. it is accessible and there is help everywhere. that is to say 
nothing about postgresql in any way.