On 14 Jul 2003 at 15:16, Terence Chang wrote:
> due to the cost. I am just wondering if overall people feels frustrated with
> PostgreSQL or feels happey with it.
Happy; and you can't beat the cost!
> 1. What is your favorite GUI tool for PostgreSQL?
PgAdmin, though I use psql directly on the Postgres machine a lot
too.
> 2. In your organization, do you have someone who works as full time
> PostgreSQL DBA?
No - just me, and I work part-time both as developer and DBA.
> 3. What is the biggest challenge you have with PostgreSQL? Administration or
> Programming?
Programming; our applications are fairly low-traffic, so the
Postrgres box just sits there and runs itself most of the time.
> 4. Overall, do you like PostgreSQL? Would you recommend it over MySQL?
I've no experience of MySQL, but I like Postgres a lot - I learnt all
my DBMS stuff on Postgres, and found it a good learning tool as well
as a solid DB backend.
> 5. How often do your PostgreSQL run into problem or crash? Are most of the
> problem caused by PostgreSQL itself?
It has never crashed, in over four years - all problems I ran into
were caused by myself.
--Ray.
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