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One of the things that puts me off the Mysql community are all the people shouting "Mysql is good enough". I've had to professionally administer both mysql and
by justin_vanw 15y ago
One of the things that puts me off the Mysql community are all the people shouting "Mysql is good enough".
I've had to professionally administer both mysql and postgresql installations. Mysql is an awful piece of software. Every second spent using it is painful.
You say 'it just works', and in that case it really doesn't matter what you use. If you haven't run into bugs/quirks/problems with whatever datastore you use, whether sql, or nosql, whether open or closed source, you haven't pushed it very hard. All software has rough edges and bugs.
I think you will have a very hard time finding people who have used both mysql and some other database, whether sql-server, postgresql, or oracle (or even firebird) that would have a very high opinion of it.
Now, what are the 'actual needs' of the vast majority of MySQL users that Postgresql doesn't satisfy? I hope that requirement isn't 'open source' :)
- cageface 15y agoIndeed. It's like a badge of ignorance worn by people that have never used a real database. Sometimes the people telling you something is better are just trying to do you a favor. The Postgres folks are a model of advocacy, in my opinion, mostly leading by example.
- rwmj 15y agoThe people telling you MySQL is good enough / better are also doing you a favour ... You can more easily tell they don't know very much about databases :-)