Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:43:28 -0700 From: Nick Pavlica <linicks@gmail.com> To: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SQL Questions (MySQL or PostgreSQL?) Message-ID: <dc9ba0440502120043565705e5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200502111859.10482.ean@hedron.org> References: <20050211115902.5BCC643D3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <420D2F12.8020808@comcast.net> <200502111859.10482.ean@hedron.org>
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I have used both of these databases on critical production servers with great results. I would suggest that you play around with both of them. --Nick On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:59:10 -0500, Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> wrote: > On February 11, 2005 05:17 pm, Sean wrote: > > Jan Branbergen wrote: > > >>I would like to install SQL here for my own use, not for any real life > > >> > > >>currently, round now for learning. > > >> > > >>Right now plan to install MySQL. > > >>Looking through the ports there is numerous version and some say for > > >> > > >>server, some say for client. > > >> > > >>Looking for some tips as to what version of SQL and tools to > > >>install? > > >>Also wondering if anyone can point me towards documentation in my > > >>learning efforts? > > > > > > i would like to suggest PostgreSQL if your objective is learning SQL. > > > MySQL only provides a subset. > > > > > > it is by no means more complicated to install or to get started. > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Jan > > > > What is the difference between PostgreSQL and MySQL? > > From what I see MySQL seems to be more common. > > From a basic design standpoint, MySQL was designed to be a fast language > compatible RDBMS system. To achieve that goal they cut out a lot of features. > Particularly those related to integrity, consistency, and validity checking. > > Postgres is designed to be a fully functional RDBMS that complies with the SQL > standard. It includes integrity, consistency, and validity checking that > MySQL lacks. > > I also think one of the reasons that MySQL is more common than Postgres is > because when they were both starting out, MySQL got a functional RDBMS out > much sooner than Postgres did and when Postgres did get theirs out, MySQL was > a lot faster (because of the lack of data validation). Postgres has since > closed the gap a lot on the speed issues while keeping the data integrity. > > On the other hand, there are a lot more tools that make managing a MySQL > server easier. > > -- > Ean Kingston > > E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org > URL: http://www.hedron.org/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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