Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase
Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org>
From: Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org>
To: Martín Marqués <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org, Chris Travers <chris@metatrontech.com>
Date: 2005-10-16T23:35:23Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Martín Marqués wrote: > El Dom 16 Oct 2005 13:48, Jeff Davis escribió: > >>If not, what's the advantage to MySQL using FirebirdSQL as opposed to, >>say, PostgreSQL? > > > I think it's stupid to even think about an emmbedded PostgreSQL in MySQL. The > advantage of using InnoDB emmbeded in MySQL is that the former doesn't, > AFAIK, an SQL languaje. So Innodb gives transaction and RI, and MySQL gives > an SQL languaje. > > Now, what would MySQL give PostgreSQL? > That was my point. FirebirdSQL already provides the SQL language, so what does MySQL offer that FirebirdSQL doesn't? Regards, Jeff Davis