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

[Åke Svensson]

Well, since I bought the book "Mysql in 3 weeks" by Mark Maslakowski at the
same time I bought YDL 2.0 June last year, I have to go with MySQL. And a
bit patriotic too, since MySQL is of swedish origin.

Regards,

Ake Svensson

> Från: Jason Gallagher <jason@interragate.com>
> Organisation: Interragate Ltd
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> Datum: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 10:03:19 +0100
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> Ämne: Re: MySQL vs PostgreSQL (was "RE: MySQL install from source??")
 
> 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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