Duane Phillips <askme@askme.askme> wrote:
> Have been using MySQL on an infrequent basis, mostly on web databases.
>
> Now the MySQL site is pushing both products.
> Both now support stored procedures and triggers.
>
> So exactly what are the major differences between MySQL and MaxDB? I have
> not seen a "which version is right for you" document or web site. The MaxDB
> site link
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/maxdb/7.6.00.html
> does not seem to say much. I find only the defining term "enterprise"
> proferred.
>
> How do they compare?

They do not compare at all, except that both are open source relational
databases.

MaxDB is, as mentioned, the open source release of a database software
written by SAP.

An attempt at a comparison:

- MaxDB has more features than MySQL.

- MaxDB documentation is bad, bordering on unusable.

- MaxDB is difficult to handle.

- I have not heard of a single MaxDB reference installation that is not an
SAP system. It yould be nice to have some such references.

- MaxDB is slow.

Personal highlight from my conversations with a MaxDB database:

sqlcli> delete from parent
Statement too complicated.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe