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

[Jason Gallagher]

Rob Brandt wrote:

> call.  I believe you can do it in MySQL, but it's really slow.  Also,
> MySQL doesn't do transactions (rollback), although someone told me
> that that's coming.

It's been here for a while. Have a look at

	http://www.innodb.com/

just one of several back-ends that can be used with MySQL, and now
included in the standard distribution. You have to enable it at compile
time, though. InnoDB is used by a site called slashdot.org, which I hear
gets quite a lot of traffic.

Jason
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