Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL? - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Alvar Freude
Subject Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?
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Msg-id 309340000.1082754857@gnarzelwicht.delirium-arts.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?  (pgsql@mohawksoft.com)
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Hi,

- -- pgsql@mohawksoft.com wrote:

> I would say this is a clear 'NO!' When ever I read about open-source being
> used anywhere, I always read MySQL. They are *very* good at this.

yes!
Some days ago, there was a news in the Heise Newsticker (most important IT
news in germany), about MySQL clustering.

  http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/46511


"4*2 processors with 100000 replicated transactions per second" was the main
statement.


I'm sure, that this is the typical MySQL blabla: no transactions, but select
statements ...

<http://www.heise.de/newsticker/foren/go.shtml?read=1&msg_id=5487088&forum_id
=55321>


I'm not sure, if iot is a good idea to go down with the niveau to such lies.


>>     o  Are we focused enough on ease-of-use issues?
>
> Again, NO! To often you guys settle for a work-around rather than a
> feature. You are satisfied that symlinks will do the job. When someone
> says they want a feature, you say, no - use a symlink.

[...]

yes, you are right!


One additional thing: when updating from 7.x to 7.y, a new initdb is needed.
This means: If I have some GB Data, the RDBMS is some ours down for
upgrading. This is really no good situation. There should be a way for
converting the storage on the fly: Updating and let postgres do the rest
automaically.

I guess this is not really easy; but it is important!


Ciao
  Alvar

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