PostgreSQL vs MySQL?

[Doug Palmer]

On 2002.04.04 00:02 Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> Quick views on PostgreSQL vs MySQL (or even InterBase?)
> 
> I looking at teaching myself Java with the aim of building some cross
> platform database products.  My prefered platform is Linux, but I'd like
> to
> make things that work okay in the Windows world too (for strategic
> reasons
> only ;-).

If you're planning to use EJBs/J2EE, I think it's well worth having a 
database that supports full-on ACID transactions.

Last time I looked, MySQL didn't really support transactions. This can be 
a problem in EJB-land once the level of complexity rises above a certain 
level. Most application servers use the database to help coordinate 
transactions.

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Doug Palmer     http://www.charvolant.org/~doug   doug at charvolant.org