The subject is precise. I’m new to Ruby on Rails but I am learning
everyday. Also I am a php programmer and I have my own host I am wanting
to
deploy to. Does anyone have any links or advice on using MySQL over
Postgresql and choosing to use my host over others recommended. My host
only offers MySQL so that is why that choice. Also deploying to my host
instead of using Heroku I prefer to learn the information needed to keep
the server up to date and maintained instead of depending upon others
where
my resources would be greatly restricted. Thank you for any suggestions,
comments, or concerns.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Dsloan M. [email protected]
wrote:
Does anyone have any links or advice on using MySQL over Postgresql and
choosing to use my host over others recommended. My host only offers MySQL
so that is why that choice. Also deploying to my host instead of using
Heroku I prefer to learn the information needed to keep the server up to
date and maintained instead of depending upon others where my resources
would be greatly restricted.
I’m sure you can find many technical comparisons of MySQL and
PostgreSQL, and the ultimate decision depends on your app’s
requirements, personal preference/familiarity, etc. Try them both
out locally and take it from there.
However – “My host only offers MySQL” – eh?
If you want to learn to maintain your own server, that’s great - so
why not start by installing PostgreSQL yourself? It’s not like it’s an
either/or choice 
FWIW,
Hassan S. ------------------------ [email protected]
twitter: @hassan
Consulting Availability : Silicon Valley or remote
On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Dsloan M. [email protected] wrote:
The subject is precise. I’m new to Ruby on Rails but I am learning everyday.
Also I am a php programmer and I have my own host I am wanting to deploy to. Does
anyone have any links or advice on using MySQL over Postgresql and choosing to use
my host over others recommended. My host only offers MySQL so that is why that
choice. Also deploying to my host instead of using Heroku I prefer to learn the
information needed to keep the server up to date and maintained instead of
depending upon others where my resources would be greatly restricted. Thank you
for any suggestions, comments, or concerns.
If you’re on a shared server somewhere (not a VPS, where you are root)
then you will probably have a difficult time making sure that anything
is up to date. Hassan’s suggestion to just install it basically assumes
that you are on a server where you can install things, and if you are on
a traditional shared host, like many PHP devs, then you won’t get that
privilege, and you will have to file a ticket to get anything upgraded.
You may want to look at Digital Ocean, if you want to run your own
server and still pay shared-server prices.
If you’re just learning RoR, then I recommend that you follow the Hartl
tutorial (free to read at http://railstutorial.org) and that will
recommend that you use the free tier of Heroku to deploy your first
apps. That’s a great way to get started, because there’s already so very
much to learn to get Rails going that taking the deployment out of the
equation is a seriously good idea. One less thing to break. Once you
have the basics of Rails figured out, you can lay on the extra learning
curve of a VPS and installing a server from scratch and other “devops”
things.
Walter
If I have a choice I always use postgres.
Mysql w it’s default settings (among other things ) mishandles not null
directives
(Sorry if youtube links aren’t proper form)
As well and this is just my opinion but having another database engine
(innodb) do your transactions is bad or at least wierd. In my experience
the vast majority of corruption is in the innodb tables
On August 6, 2015 8:40:17 AM PDT, Dsloan M. [email protected]
wrote:
the server up to date and maintained instead of depending upon others
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