Me: Hey Postgres, can I do this?
Postres: Before I answer that, how are you? You look hungry have you eaten today?
Me: Uhm, well, I am a bit...
Postgres: *makes me a sandwich, plus me some juice* here you go...
Me: Oh wow, thanks, but I was wanted know...
Postgres: No, I can't do that, but you can try this, this or this. Do think any of those might work?
Me: Ah, ok. Yeah, that'll work. Actually that's probably better than was doing...
Postgres: Cool!
me: can i do this
mysql docs: sure!
me: *tries it, sees it break horribly*
me: mysql i thought you said i could do this
some blogpost from percona or stackoverflow answer from someone who has broken mysql in the same way: oh. oh yeah, THAT? no
(my favorite* recent example of this is silent coercion of bigints to fit into an int column that just throws a warning instead of an error by default lol)
postgres is not flawless, but it has a level of care about it i <3
@r4v5 No software is perfect, so of course.
But some do make the job a lot easier. Postgres fits into this category.
I stopped using mySQL years ago. The only time I really touch it is when I'm working with Wordpress, which isn't as painful, but.. meh...