•Re: Re: •Re: My first MySQL database

Because PostgreSQL is a baby Oracle, with views, transactions, triggers, nested subselects, full SQL92 datatypes, etc etc. MySQL is now playing "catch up" with PostgreSQL, and I'm not clear that it will ever finish catching up, because it might have to break compatibility.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re: •Re: Re: •Re: My first MySQL database by sulfericacid (Deacon) on Feb 10, 2003 at 19:13 UTC
I'm not sure if it matters but whatever I'm going to accomplish with databases isn't going to be huge or complex. Thanks for the idea, I'll check that site out. "Age is nothing more than an inaccurate number bestowed upon us at birth as just another means for others to judge and classify us" sulfericacid	[reply]
•Re: Re: •Re: Re: •Re: My first MySQL database by merlyn (Sage) on Feb 10, 2003 at 19:15 UTC
No database project ever starts out "huge or complex". {grin} -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]