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Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL 2

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the backend-makes-the-frontend-go dept.

Mr. Jax writes "6 years ago Mr Poet submitted the story Comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL. Since then both databases have evolved to wherever they are today. Are the points raised 6 years ago still valid? What has changed? Are there other things to consider since then (e.g. licensing)?" This is certainly a valid question since both databases have had to evolve with the times. Have these applications been specialized to fit a particular niche market or are they both still strong competitors? What does the horizon look like for the development of these programs, especially considering the recent MySQL partnership with SCO?

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  1. Simple by drsquare · · Score: -1, Troll

    PostgreSQL = Incredible
    MySQL = Ridiculous.

    Discuss.

  2. Re:Get off it ScuttleMonkey by rubycodez · · Score: 0, Troll

    yeah, I read it: "As part of the agreement, the companies will work together on a range of joint marketing, sales, training, business development and support programs" What are you, McBride's lap boy? You may soon be out of a job when McBride gets his 24K steel jewerly and new 350 lbs. body building homosexual rapist roomate for stock fraud.

  3. Re:Still the same, but less so by jedrek · · Score: 0, Troll

    Like firefox [...] it's not that much better than the alternatives

    Excuse me? Please point me to the alternative browser that exceeds the functionality of Firefox with its extensions. I'd love to try it out.

  4. Comparing Rich & White to Poor & Black by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What was Bush doing while people drowned?
    What was Bush doing while people starved?
    What was Bush doing while people thirsted?
    What was Bush doing while people were stranded?
    What was Bush doing while the lucky few sat on an Interstand waiting for help and living in their own filth?
    What was Bush doing while rape gangs and other criminals totally took over part of America?
    How many days in a row was Bush doing this?

    Same questions around this time several years back:

    What was Bush doing while people burned?
    What was Bush doing while people jumped from on top of a highrise to avoid burning?
    What was Bush doing while people inhaled smoke?
    What was Bush doing while buildings burned and crumbled?
    What was Bush doing while our national airspace was totally compromised?
    What was Bush doing when and after he was told the Nation was under attack?

    One answer prevails through all the years and trials and crises:

    N O T H I N G

    Yet you morons still kept asking for him, you reap the seeds you sow. You voted for him, now deal with the problems he brings (and ignores) and enjoy your mud pies and shit sandwhiches washed down with muddy flood water and a side of bloody oil. Maybe next time, you will vote *smarter* and think about whom you are empowering.

  5. Re:Another question by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: -1, Troll

    scalable

    Pick a subject on which you have at least an iota of knowledege or experience please. How much does MS pay you to post these lies here?

  6. well patch it dear Henry by pbhj · · Score: 0, Troll

    I only did a very quick search but truncation of data fields doesn't appear to be in the Bugs database. Have you submitted it, please give the #.

    If you have submitted, I apologise, otherwise cut some slack and help the cause.

  7. Transactions, ... by Tetard · · Score: 0, Troll

    Subselects, views, triggers, table inheritance, stored procedures, tablespace management.

    ahem.