Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've read online on multiple
occassions that MySQL is a bad database. The places I've read
this include some threads on Reddit, but they never seem to
delve in on why it's a poor product.  Is there any truth to this
claim? I've never used it beyond a very simple CRUD scenario,
and that was for a university project during my second year.
What pitfalls, if any, are there when choosing MySQL as your
database?  share|improve this question  closed as too broad by
gnat, MichaelT, Robert Harvey, Jim G., BЈовић Oct 27 '13 at
20:11   The main pitfall, of course, is that Postgres zealots
will try to make you insecure about your choice. –  Dan Ray Mar
3 '11 at 18:35 Wikimedia uses it, so it shouldn't be too bad. – 
Arlen Beiler Mar 3 '11 at 21:29  6 Answers 6  up vote 28 down
vote accepted  There are two different kinds of pitfalls, those
from using MySQL as your flavor of RDBMS and those of using an
RDBMS instead of other types of databases.  Using MySQL instead
of alternate RDBMS's:    • See