Re: postgresql 7.1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martin A. Marques
Subject Re: postgresql 7.1
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Msg-id 00101123040201.01336@math.unl.edu.ar
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In response to Re: postgresql 7.1  (Asidha Luhwidyanto <asidha@thepentagon.com>)
Responses Re: postgresql 7.1  (Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
Re: postgresql 7.1  (Tim Uckun <tim@diligence.com>)
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Asidha Luhwidyanto wrote:
> What;s the new in Postgresql 7.1 ?

TOAST and WAL!!!!

I think these are big changes that will make me think about postgresql as a
big time competitor against the big commercial database engines.

WAL is a backup system.
TOAST is a system for working with rows that have to use more then the 8K
limitation.
AFAIK!

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