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samuel on Oct 10, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

The flexibility is great, but only if grouped with consistency. No foreign keys on MyISAM but yes on InnoDB? Thanks but no, thanks.

thwarted on Oct 10, 2008 [–]

No disk backed storage with heap tables but yes on InnoDB? Thanks but no, thanks.

Uh, the definition of flexibility is lack of consistency between the options. Otherwise, it's a false choice.

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