Re: do I need replication or something else? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Caleb Simonyi-Gindele
Subject Re: do I need replication or something else?
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Msg-id 4249D181.3000307@vetstar.com
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In response to Re: do I need replication or something else?  (John Burger <john@mitre.org>)
Responses Re: do I need replication or something else?  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
Re: do I need replication or something else?  (Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>)
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John Burger wrote:

>>> If it were me, and someone proposed a model where two-way replication
>>> was needed, I would tell them to rethink their model.  It's broken.
>>
>>
>> I would respectfully disagree that the requirement for two-way
>> replication
>> indicates a broken design.
>
>
> I agree with your disagreement.  This design is present in lots of
> non-RDB systems - CVS, IMAP, PDA syncing,  etc.  It's clearly more
> complicated, but can be made to work, and has been many times.  I
> don't see anything about databases in general, or Postgres
> specifically, that indicates it's a bad idea.
>
> - John D. Burger
>   MITRE
>
Yes, we use it successfully with the SQL Server edition of our product.
Does anyone know if this is available with Postgre?
Caleb

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