-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/20/07 15:25, gustavo halperin wrote: > Hello > > I have a friend that ask me why postgresql is better than mysql. > I personally prefer posgresql, but she need to give in her work 3 or 4 > strong reasons for that. I mean not to much technical reasons. Can you > give help me please ? The only reason I'd need is that MySQL (even InnoDB) lets you accidentally insert intrinsically bad data. According to the official v5 docs, it's the app programmer's fault if s/he tries to insert 35-Feb-2007 into the database. MySQL will purposefully convert it to '0000-00-00'. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/constraint-invalid-data.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF29nmS9HxQb37XmcRAsD9AJ4gGKaCz5gTQD879DBvsay6nHU8+wCfSj3J 98mWmmEqtFKGaDX4ZvU87J4= =EPxL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----