Re: Independent comparison of PostgreSQL and MySQL

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Stephen Cook <sclists(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Independent comparison of PostgreSQL and MySQL
Date: 2014-10-08 19:28:59
Message-ID: 20141008192859.GD28859@tamriel.snowman.net
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Stephen,

* Stephen Cook (sclists(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> I have a client who is looking to move from SQL Server to MySQL,
> however they are open to considering PostgreSQL instead.

Glad to hear that!

> Can anyone link me to any white papers, studies, comparisons, etc
> that are independent / unbiased (i.e. not written by MySQL or
> PostgreSQL organizations)?

While it's not quite exactly what you're looking for, I always found it
very interesting and enlightening..:

http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html

vs.

http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html

Thanks,

Stephen

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