MySQL and PostgreSQL Command Comparison

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Command Comparison

Since TSV import is troublesome for both MySQL and PostgreSQL, it is best to create your own script to convert TSV to SQL.

PostgreSQL/MySQL information_schema

Since information_schema is a SQL standard, the same SQL can be used in either case.

Table list

Column list

Setup Default Connection

In PostgreSQL this is set by environment variable

export PGDATABASE = DB name
export PGHOST = host
export PGPORT = port number
export PGUSER = username
export PGPASSWORD = password

The password can also be set with ~/.pgpass

In MySQL we can set all in ~/.my.cnf

[client]
database = DB name
user = username
password = password