Re: [GENERAL] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list

From: Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need concrete "Why Postgres not MySQL" bullet list
Date: 2003-08-21 20:28:52
Message-ID: 200308212228.52535.barwick@gmx.net
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On Thursday 21 August 2003 11:15, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2003 at 0:22, Ian Barwick wrote:
> > * DDL
> > - Data definition language (table creation statements etc.) in MySQL
> > are not transaction based and cannot be rolled back.
>
> Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? oracle seems to
> have autonomous transactions which is arthogonal.

DB2 8.1 seems to support transaction-capable DDL. At least, a rollback
following a CREATE TABLE causes the table to disappear. Haven't gone
into it in any depth.

Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net

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