At 12:04 PM 11/21/99 -0500, Brett W. McCoy wrote:
>> Stephen Birch <sbirch@ironmountainsystems.com> writes:
>> Question: Is PostgreSQL ready for mission critical applications?
>
>I think it is. In my office, we are converting hundreds of thousands of
<snip>
>database has several million rows across several tables, using a PHP3
>frontend. Here, though, speed is not the consideration but reliable
>performance is. PostgreSQL has been very stable and I have no reason to
>question its reliability. We are going to be moving our drug reaction
>database over onto its own server soon and providing public (although
>secure) access in the near future -- it will be using a mod_perl frontend,
>along with the the PostgreSQL fulltext module.
<snip>
I am curious as to why you are choosing to use mod_perl instead of php3,
especially since you've already been using php3?? And especially with
php4/zend just around the corner. Not trying to start a flame war here, I
just really want to know.
Ciao-- Ken
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