Re: PostgreSQL vs. Interbase

On Mon, 7 May 2001, Justin Clift wrote:

> - The PostgreSQL documentation is quite decent as of the 7.1+ releases
>
> If it's any help, there also a summary feature list which may be of use
> in comparisons at :
> http://postgresql.planetmirror.com/features.html
>
> It was recently written and updated by Joel Burton and Peter Eisentraut,
> two very active and knowledgable PostgreSQL guys, so it's definitely
> not out-of-date or anything.

Active guy Joel Burton here, with a followup to my post a minute ago.

The feature list for PostgreSQL is a good head start at understanding its
features. Similar stuff at www.interbase.com.

MySQL's crash-me is <cynical> a piece of marketing for MySQL that distorts
its lack of support for many critical database features, which promoting
its non-standard syntax </cynical>, but may provide some useful
information about PG v Interbase, as long as you remember two things:

* they haven't updated it for 7.1 yet, which adds many nice features to
PG, including removing row limits and adding full support for outer joins

and

* crash-me reports that both PG and Interbase don't support some things
that both damn well do, so take it with a grain of salt.

and, last, (and I do hate to say this...):

* Interbase's documentation is wonderful. PostgreSQL's is comprehensive,
but IMHO, less organized and comprehensive than Interbase's.

HTH,
--
Joel Burton <jburton(at)scw(dot)org>
Director of Information Systems, Support Center of Washington