By bloid
via postgresql.org
Published: Sep 10 2007 / 08:53
For years, the common industry perception has been that MySQL is faster and easier to use than PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL is perceived as more powerful, more focused on data integrity, and stricter at complying with SQL specifications, but correspondingly slower and more complicated to use.
Like many perceptions formed in the past, these things aren't as true with the current generation of releases as they used to be. Both systems have evolved with landmark releases that make comparing the two a lot more complicated.
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yamagami replied ago:
After one project using PostgreSQL, I've decided to use that for all future projects instead of mySql. One just have to give it a go (in a real project environment) to appreciate how superior that database is.
bloid replied ago:
We always used Postgres, but for our current project we had to use MySQL, and I have to say that MySQL is a lot better than I remember it...
I still get the *feeling* it's always waiting for me to look the other way so it can trip me up (a feeling I never got with PostgreSQL), but I'm still impressed...
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