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by davidw 3823 days ago
Mysql always seemed to be fast like a bike going downhill with no brakes.

Postgres has always taken a more 'solid' approach. One instance that made my jaw drop when I realized it: in the past (has this been fixed?), DDL (alter table, create table, etc...) were not transactional in Mysql. You could get 50% through a series of them, and find your database 100% fucked up.

That said, over the years Mysql has been improving too, for sure.

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MySQL still does not have transactional DDL.
Neither does Oracle!