MySQL used to be easier to set up and faster in certain usage scenarios, but Postgresql is so much better designed that it now kicks MySQL's ass for anything more complicated than a simple website.

MySQL provides three data types for text storage elements: CHAR, VARCHAR and TEXT. Wh. ... Differences between MySQL character data types. Opinion. Jan 25, 2007 2 mins. Computers MySQL.

The most obvious competition for Cloud SQL is Amazon’s Aurora service. When reviewed by InfoWorld’s Martin Heller in October 2015, it supported a recent version of MySQL (5.6) and had many of ...

Verdict: Different databases for different needs. Both MySQL and PostgreSQL are powerful open source relational databases, but they excel in different areas, which makes each more suitable for ...