Re: Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL feature comparison - Part 2 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Jonah H. Harris
Subject Re: Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL feature comparison - Part 2
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In response to Re: Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL feature comparison - Part 2  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
Responses Re: Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL feature comparison - Part 2  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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On 10/11/07, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> Postgresql too has this functionality and it seems to be as flexible and
> configurable as Oracle's.

Not exactly.  Oracle auditing uses autonomous transactions and
actually logs attempts to change data as well as changes themselves
whereas Postgres would only log to a table on commit.  In Postgres,
you have to specifically write a trigger which simulates an autonomous
transaction using dblink.

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