Re: PostgreSQL versus MySQL for GPS Data

Hello

it isn't correct comparation.

MySQL people use mainly web forum

regards
Pavel Stehule

2009/3/20 Juan Pereira <juankarlos(dot)openggd(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> John Cheng wrote:
>
>>> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list?
>
> I'm afraid MySQL general list isn't as dynamic as PostgreSQL general list.
>
> http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/216795
>
> MySQL general list: 4 answers in about 48 hours
> PostgreSQL general list: 27 answers in about 72 hours
>
>
> Thanks again to everybody for the amount of knowledge you have shared in
> this thread.
>
> Juan Karlos
>
>
> 2009/3/17 John Cheng <chonger(dot)cheng(at)gmail(dot)com>
>>
>> This is question for Juan, have you asked the MySQL mailing list? What do
>> they say about this?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Erik Jones <ejones(at)engineyard(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:47 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The question is: Which DBMS do you think is the best for this kind of
>>>>> application? PostgreSQL or MySQL?
>>>>
>>>> As you can imagine, PostgreSQL.
>>>>
>>>> My main reasons are that in a proper transactional environment (ie
>>>> you're not using scary MyISAM tables) Pg is *much* better about handling
>>>> concurrent load, particularly concurrent activity by readers and
>>>> writers.
>>>
>>> Actually, following this comment it should be noted that if you were to
>>> choose MySQL you'd pretty much be making a decision to *not* be using
>>> transactions at all.  The reason for this is that while InnoDB does support
>>> MySQL's geometry data types it does *not* support indexes on geometry
>>> columns, only MyISAM does which does not support transactions.  Call me old
>>> fashioned if you like, but I like my data to have integrity ;)
>>>
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>> - John L Cheng
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