>> MySQL is optimized for one thing: applications that don't give a damn >> about data integrity. Like most PHP applications. >> >> If you want something that actually protects your data, use something >> else. Hell, SQLite is better than MySQL for that. > <...> > > Ok, it is obvious that you don't like MySQL that much, but I am really > interested > in technical details why do you make such claims. > Can you provide some? http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html And to be fair... http://sql-info.de/postgresql/postgres-gotchas.html Don't know how up todate it still is, but you can read them to find out :)