[Tutor] Return key from value

[Magnus Lyckå]

At 11:47 2004-05-14 -0700, firephreek wrote:
>Biggest differences between mySQL and PostgreSQL?

I'm pretty sure both will work for you. I wouldn't bother
switching if there was a usable MySQL installation available.

MySQL is optimized for systems where the read/write ratio is
high. I.e. it's optimized for fast searches, but not so good
at handling many transactions going on at once. A lot of
standard SQL features have been implemented fairly recently,
and I still think a lot is missing, and in many ways, it behaves
different than the SQL standard mandates. If you are a SQL
newbie, you aren't very likely to trip over these things.

Historically, MySQL has been faster than PostgreSQL, but the
difference has decreased as PostgreSQL has improved its
performance.


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