MySQL 5.0 Candidate Released 339
Brian "Krow" Aker (Former Slashdot Coder now MySQL Employee) writes "I am pleased to announce the release candidate for MySQL 5.0. This version has been in development now for three years. We have worked to add update-able views, ansi stored procedures, and triggers. In addition we have added a number of fun features that we are experimenting with and resolved issues with bad data inserts (which personally annoyed the hell out of me when we rewrote Slashdot a couple of years back so I am happy to see this issue go away). We look forward to feedback on the candidate and will show some love for bug reports."
Re:Time for new comparisons to be made. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Is it a "real" database yet? (Score:1, Funny)
Just won an iPod Nano Nano (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I think you miss the point (Score:3, Funny)
In addition, during this select, no other queries are accepted. And everything else on the box has ground to a halt. Even 'top' is straining to keep up.
I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while working with Postgres, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen Postgres that has run faster MySQL. MySQL on a 486/66 with 8 megs of ram runs faster than Postgres on a 900 mhz machine at times. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that Postgres is a superior architecture.
Postgres addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use Postgres over other faster, cheaper, more stable database servers like MySQL.
Re:Time for new comparisons to be made. (Score:3, Funny)
Final Proof the World Is Screwed (Score:2, Funny)
But this is the last straw!
MySQL turned a simple, lightweight and fast database into a gigantic, feature rich behemoth. Now all the MySQL fans that used to defend its lack of features on the basis of its performance and executable size will now defends its executable size on the basis of features.
The world has just gone insane.
Fun Databases (Score:2, Funny)