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Re: (OT: PostgreSQL vs MySQL)

From: Steve Shockley (steve.shockleyshockley.net)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2006 - 21:11:09 CDT


Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> I keep seeing this, but I sometimes see the opposite. That "MySQL is faster"
> meme seems peristent though, as if the PostgreSQL want to provide *some*
> justification for people to continue to have a reason for MySQL.

MySQL is perhaps slightly faster by default; PostgreSQL has write-ahead
logging by default. WAL means my data will likely survive a crash...