Re: MySQL has transactions
David Wall <d.wall@computer.org>
From: "David Wall" <d.wall@computer.org>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-01-24T16:51:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
> I count 25 documented and distinct data types for MySQL, and 30 for > PostgreSQL. In my case, I'd just settle for a workable BLOB/LONGBLOB. I think counting types is less interesting than meeting ones needs. They "redefine" types like BLOB as LONGVARBINARY and TEXT as LONGVARCHAR, but does that add two types? Anyway, blobs are prettys standard for sql, and that's what I'm looking to have work for me. David