On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:34:49 +0200 Jochem van Dieten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:00:12 -0500, Josh Trutwin wrote: > > > > One area where MySQL beat Postgres is in Windows installation. > > Installing postgres on Windohs is like pulling your fingernails > > off slowly. > > It is more like following the manual. Not hard, you just have to > take it one step at a time. I should point out that I haven't used the compile-from-source method that's in the documentation, which like you said looks pretty simple. I can get postgres running in a cygwin env pretty easilly, but getting it to automatically start/stop as a service is usually the painful part. I've used this as a bonus exercise for students in a dbms course I teach and their conclusion is the same. I think this complaint will fall away soon though with PG 8.x. FWIW, PG on *nix is just the opposite, very clean and simple install. > > MySQL's command line interface and programming API also are nicer > > for newer users. Why in the world do I need to remember to type > > "\d" to show my tables? > > Why in the world do I need to remember SHOW TABLES? Why can't the > standard information schema work? > :-) Ah, because SHOW TABLES and "exit" or "quit" makes sense and is easy to remember vs. \d \q \whatever. I like the \d because once you know it it's dang quick to type, but it's nice to have the longer format as well. Whatever, to each their own... > Command line interface and programming API are pretty much > irrelevant if you are using ColdFusion. It is all abstracted out > behind a JDBC API (ColdFusion is still at JDC 2), which in turn is > behind ColdFusion's API, so unless you go the way of the Java ninja > you can't even reach it. Ok. Command line interface and programming API are never truely irrelevent IMHO. :) I said it before, I like em both, use em both and have rubs with both of em. Is one "better" than the other? Yes and No. Thanks, Josh -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
