Re: PostgreSQL and Firebird comparison via digg

I don't understand why the green / red comparison is stating these as if
they were somehow better:

"Stores Transaction Information in same file as data" - why is that a good
thing?

"Multiple Index Storage Types" - who cares, really, how the indexes are
stored internally?

"Require backup/restore to compact" - don't really know why a modern
database would even require compacting...?

"Multi Lang Stored Procedures" - there goes the maintainability of stored
procedures...

"Use POSIX Regular Expressions in queries" - ...and there goes the
maintainability of queries. KISS.

"Ability to query databases on other servers local or remote" - that's a
no-no for security reasons, don't want that!

"Ability to query foreign databases" - why should a database server mess
with other database servers? Seems like a spot-on job for a client app to
me.

"Regular Version Updates" - I can't say I agree that this is necessarily a
good thing. I want my database server solid, stable and tested, for years
and years, not some half-baked versions with new code every two weeks.

I'm not saying the contents in that comparison are wrong, just that what you
see as good or bad is not necessarily so black and white in all cases.
Postgre rocks in some cases, but Firebird rocks in others, and it all
depends on what is needed for that particular task.


Antti Kurenniemi


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