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Re: Why is Postgres so much better than MySQL?



 On Jan 14, 2008 8:13 AM, David Kramer <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I like MySQL, but this is one of the reasons it gets such a bad rap, 
> frankly.  When the MySQL-phile is confronted with a feature/problem 
> comparison, it inevitably comes down to "Hey, we've had that feature for 
> three whole months now!", or "that bug was just fixed" or "the beta 
> release has that". 
> 
> It's kinda "new money" if you know what I mean.  MySQL got quite a few 
> features pretty late in the game that some considered pretty mandatory 
> (i.e. transactions, stored procedures). 
> 


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