Re: Comparing databases - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Enrico Weigelt
Subject Re: Comparing databases
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Msg-id 20040603142645.GE6780@nibiru.metux.de
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In response to Re: Comparing databases  (Paul Ganainm <paulsnewsgroups@hotmail.com>)
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* Paul Ganainm <paulsnewsgroups@hotmail.com> wrote:

<snip>
> When I say "Ease of use", I mean for a reasonably IT savvy person to be
> able to get up and running and be functional with - that does not mean
> that IB/FB is in any way a "toy" db - an accusation that I have heard in
> the past!

Isnt psql easy to set up ?

The only nasty thing is (IMHO) that on major updates the whole
database has to be reconstructed from dump. This requires to take
the postmaster down some minutes - on very large database this can
also take quite a while.


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