21.2 Comparer MySQL et PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL has some more advanced features like user-defined types, triggers, rules and some transaction support. However, PostgreSQL lacks many of the standard types and functions from ANSI SQL and ODBC. See the crash-me web page for a complete list of limits and which types and functions are supported or unsupported.

Normally, PostgreSQL is a magnitude slower than MySQL. 11 La suite de tests de MySQL. This is due largely to their transactions system. If you really need transactions or the rich type system PostgreSQL offers and you can afford the speed penalty, you should take a look at PostgreSQL.