Re: Great site for comparing databases (or anything else)

On 28/10/12 16:52, Edson Richter wrote:
> Em 28/10/2012 01:35, Gavin Flower escreveu:
>> On 28/10/12 12:29, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
>>>   Søndag 28. oktober 2012 01.17.45 skrev Gavin Flower :
>>>> Also note that for features that are obviously complicated or
>>>> advanced,
>>>> Postgres tends to a lot better than MySQL.
>>> It's like comparing BASIC to C. BASIC has a low threshold, but you
>>> will very
>>> quickly bump your head against the wall.
>>>
>>> MySQL, the BASIC of db engines?
>>>
>>> regards, Leif
>>>
>>>
>> I have used both MySQL & Postgres: I feel a lot more comfortable with
>> Postgres, as it seems to be both simpler and more sophisticated.
>> MySQL has several DB engines for different purposes, Postgres has
>> just one that appears to be more capable than the collection of
>> features from all the MySQL DB engines combined.  In the last 12
>> years I've gone looking for comparisons between them 3 times; and
>> each time, Postgres comes out better overall.
>>
>
> And I must add: even using InnoDB, MySQL allows violation of
> relational integrity (just put it under heavy transactional load).
> I've suffered this pain in the past even with MySQL 5.1. This problem
> does not happens with PostgreSQL.
> The only occasion I had duplications in PostgreSQL was during a heavy
> data load. At that time, I used RSync to copy data to another server
> with the command:
>
> rsync -azv /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data root@127.0.0.1:/var/lib/pgsql/9.1/
>
>
> Do you see my mistake above? Yes, this causes duplicate records (and
> after some time, complete database corruption in PostgreSQL).
> Is just db admin stupidity (I can tell, because I was caused by my
> self). Would be nice if we can shield PostgreSQL against my personal
> silliness.
>
> Edson
>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Gavin
>>
>>
>
>
My tools are not good enough to cope with my own ineptitude - give me
better tools!  :-)