Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: nolan(at)celery(dot)tssi(dot)com
Cc: Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)
Date: 2003-10-09 00:59:45
Message-ID: 20031009005945.GC7219@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 07:03:19PM -0500, nolan(at)celery(dot)tssi(dot)com wrote:

> Would PG know enough to do a commit regardless of how the database was
> shut down? A second question is whether doing a commit is what the user
> or application would always want to have happen, as it could result in a
> half-completed transaction.

If an open transaction is not explicitly committed and the client
disconnects, it is automatically rolled back.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
Essentially, you're proposing Kevlar shoes as a solution for the problem
that you want to walk around carrying a loaded gun aimed at your foot.
(Tom Lane)

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