Re: Future of MySQL

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Aggarwal wrote:
>> Personally I'd like to see it go down so more people will start
>> supporting PostgreSQL - which is a far better database anyway
> 
> Does PostgreSQL have non-transactional tables like MySQL?
> I am not trying to start a holy war, just asking since I
> do not know.
> 

Postgresql uses MVCC (multi-verson concurrency control) so tables aren't locked 
for transactions but each operation only sees previously committed updates.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/mvcc-intro.html

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx



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