Re: PG vs MySQL

Hey,

Entering "postgresql vs. mysql" on Google turned up 16,300 results. The
first one was a decent article from just two months ago, while the second
hit was the somewhat infamous Perdue article from PHPBuilder. Search
engines are your friend.

There are also a few mentions of MySQL in the PostgreSQL FAQ:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html

Yes, this question has been asked before, beaten to death a million times,
then asked again. And again. The flames spread out all across the 'Net,
from newsgroups to Slashdot.

J

p.s. The "[GENERAL]" thingy is the name of this list/newsgroup, i.e.
comp.databases.postgresql.general. [GENERAL] == ".general".

Andrey Shcherbina wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm sure this question was asked before but I can't find the answer.
>
> I've just started looking at options of runnnig Linux-based (actually, I
> need something free :) database engines with MS Access as a front-end. I
> can't find any comparison between PostgreSQL and MySQL. It seems so far
> that PG is better (people tend to migrate to PG, not vice versa) and
> that's why I'm asking this question on PG newsgroup but not on MySQL.
> Anyway, it would be really nice to have that information on what exactly
> is different in the engines.
>
> Thank you,
> Andrey Shcherbina