MySQL, PostgreSQL

and Rails
A polemic
Pity the poor programmer
Slaving away in the bit mines
Just store my
data!
<polemic>
Network effect
Features
 PostgreSQL

MySQL

Features
 Clustering

Multiple table types

..?

MySQL
 PostgreSQL • pgSQL (Oracle)
• Tcl
• Java
• PHP
• Perl •R
• Python • Ruby
Advanced Rules, Procedural • Scheme
• sh
Stored Procedures, Triggers Languages

Genetic Query Optimizer

Functional/Partial
Indexes

Oracle
Compatibility
Speed
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Licence
From the MySQL website
From the MySQL website
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</polemic>
On clever
databases
 We took a pretty radical stand: Stored
procedures and all things that make your
database clever are evil

— DHH
Application database
Integration database


Integration database
Complex processes
Recursive structures (etc)
Smart databases & Rails
• Maintain with migrations

• ..?
Fin
Questions
Postgres with Rails