PostgreSQL vs MySQL

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Mar 17 21:05:31 EDT 2011


In article <87bp1a3g59.fsf at benfinney.id.au>,
Ben Finney  <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>
>>>(I always recommend people to use PostgreSQL, though; which is
>>>superior in almost every way, especially the C client library and the
>>>wire protocol.)
>>
>> Can you point at a reference for the latter?  I have been trying to
>> convince my company that PG is better than MySQL.
>
>These may be helpful:
>
>    <URL:http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Why_PostgreSQL_Instead_of_MySQL_2009>
>    <URL:http://www.wikivs.com/wiki/MySQL_vs_PostgreSQL>

Thanks!  I've forwarded this.

However, it doesn't address the assertion about the client library and
wire protocol.
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