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POSTGRESQL VS MYSQL

POSTGRESQL VS MYSQL
POSTGRESQL:

Aimed to be a fully-featured database

Understands a good subset of SQL92/99 dialects
Rules, triggers, server-side functions can be written in C, PgSQL, Python, Perl
and TCL
Supports sub queries, stored procedures, sub queries, cursors or views
Supports referential integrity, has transactions and rollbacks, foreign keys ON
DELETE CASCADE and ON UPDATE CASCADE
Doesn't have binary distribution for all the support platforms
Slower on low-end but has some options for improving

MYSQL:

Aimed first to be a fast database

Uses SQL92 as its foundation
Has simple mechanism for server-side libraries with C function and
rudimentary support for triggers
Does not support sub queries, stored procedures, sub queries, cursors or views
Has basic provisions for referential integrity and transactions/rollbacks
Works better on Windows
Fast on both simple and complex SELECTs

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