Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:59:10 -0500 From: Ean Kingston <ean@hedron.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SQL Questions (MySQL or PostgreSQL?) Message-ID: <200502111859.10482.ean@hedron.org> In-Reply-To: <420D2F12.8020808@comcast.net> References: <20050211115902.5BCC643D3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> <420D2F12.8020808@comcast.net>
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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. =46rom a basic design standpoint, MySQL was designed to be a fast language= =20 compatible RDBMS system. To achieve that goal they cut out a lot of feature= s.=20 Particularly those related to integrity, consistency, and validity checking. Postgres is designed to be a fully functional RDBMS that complies with the = SQL=20 standard. It includes integrity, consistency, and validity checking that=20 MySQL lacks. I also think one of the reasons that MySQL is more common than Postgres is= =20 because when they were both starting out, MySQL got a functional RDBMS out= =20 much sooner than Postgres did and when Postgres did get theirs out, MySQL w= as=20 a lot faster (because of the lack of data validation). Postgres has since=20 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=20 server easier. =2D-=20 Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean AT hedron DOT org URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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