Re: Independent comparison of PostgreSQL and MySQL

I might have a longer answer later. Regardless, nice thesis and it is kind
of cool to see it get implemented in PG.

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> wrote:

> Michael Cahill <mjc(at)wiredtiger(dot)com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > I feel like I've waded into something here without all of the
> > context, but Kevin is referring to some text in section 4.4 on
> > page 63 of my thesis
>
> Sorry for the distraction -- the original poster was asking for
> references to differences between MySQL and PostgreSQL from sources
> without any affiliation with either. That paragraph of your thesis
> came to mind. (I've read it dozens of times.)
>
> > I do not know whether this is still true of InnoDB today.
>
> I meant to add that, but lost track before hitting send. Thanks
> for mentioning that. As it happens, we now allow that behavior on
> demand, but it is not the default or only behavior.
>
> --
> Kevin Grittner
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> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>
> P.S. It was impressive how fast you picked up on the reference!
>

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