John, John R Pierce wrote: > On 3/24/2016 7:48 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> We seem to be moving to postgresql. I find I do not like it - it's much >> more of a pain to work with than mysql is. Do you have any opinions >> about meria d/b? Are there improvements over the flaws you're aware >> of with mysql? > > and I find mysql a real pain to work with. > > the biggest difference is, postgresql is much stricter about data > types. it will not, for example, allow you to store 2015-02-30 as a > date. also, postgres is very strict about the atomicity of > transactions, its all or nothing. And I have serious issues trying to figure out the structure of, say, the barios d/b. But I did NOT ask for a comparison to postgresql, or care to have any kind of argument about it at all. I was asking about mariadb vs. mysql. Oh, and the link I posted, to MySQL gotchas, that was last updated in '14? I tried emailing them, at the link they gave, and my email bounced. mark mark