Re: hosers-talk: MySQL vs PostgreSQL vs Oracle 8i

[Jon Stewart <stew1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> What Jon said about MySQL lacking functionality doesn't much apply, in this 
> case. For this, you need a crypt function, and the ability to do some basic 
> lookups, which MySQL can handle quite nicely.
> 
> BTW, I'm not sure what MySQL is lacking exactly. There are a few 
> seldom-used SQL language things that are not implemented, but I can't thing 
> of much else.


It's not that it's lacking much wrt SQL exactly (although what SQL _is_ is 
a very slippery thing indeed). But SQL only details how to interface with 
a database, not how it should go about storing shit and performing 
transactions. From what I understand, there's a world of difference 
between MySQL and Oracle in this regard.

Here's some good info:

http://www.arsdigita.com/books/panda/databases-choosing



Jon
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