Python and PostgreSQL

Posted Feb 18, 2010 14:48 UTC (Thu) by ikm (guest, #493)
In reply to: Python and PostgreSQL by vonbrand
Parent article: Python and PostgreSQL

My understanding is that LWN was retooled circa 2002, so I guess that's when the comparison should've been made. Still, yes, mysql was different back then.

Python and PostgreSQL

Posted Feb 18, 2010 15:14 UTC (Thu) by maney (subscriber, #12630) [Link] (2 responses)

Yes, I was choosing a database and platform back around that time - I remember seeing Our Editor occasionally in the Quixote mailing list. My recollection is that this was not so very long after some highly placed person (developer?) from MySql had written an aggressive apologia that said, in effect, that MySQL didn't need transactions or any of that other stuff, and neither did you.

Like Our Editor, I agreed to disagree and chose PostgreSQL. I eventually drifted away from Quixote, however...

Long-lasting damage

Posted Feb 19, 2010 20:58 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link] (1 responses)

I remember that rant -- essentially he said that you had to implement transactions yourself, and if you wanted a database which implemented them it was because you were stupid. I have steered clear of MySQL ever since. I know I did need transactions. Actually, transactions can be pretty cool.

Long-lasting damage

Posted Mar 16, 2010 22:39 UTC (Tue) by rodgerd (guest, #58896) [Link]

That rant probably did more to drive PostgreSQL uptake than anything else either dev team had done.