Indexing in PostgreSQL vs MySQL
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In this video, I explain how both Postgres and MySQL store their indexes and their effect on reads vs writes. Let us discuss
0:00 Intro
1:00 Tables
2:00 Indexes
3:20 Indexing in Postgres
5:00 Indexing in MySQL
6:35 What Happens on Update on Postgres
7:20 What Happens on Update on MySQL
9:00 Reads on Postgres
9:40 Reads on MySQL
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