Hi,
--On Mittwoch, 4. Dezember 2002 12:18 +0530 Shridhar Daithankar
<shridhar_daithankar@persistent.co.in> wrote:
> On 3 Dec 2002 at 22:38, David Garamond wrote:
>> well, i agree with you that postgresql is stable and solid. one of my
>> biggest gripes with postgresql is that it's not "lightweight" or
>> "simple" enough. some things are awkward/a chore to do in postgresql,
>> while simple in other dbms's. in mysql, i can shut down mysqld, copy the
>> database directory to another installation, and be done with it. ms
>
> And why it will not work with postgresql? Shutdown the database, backup
> the data directory and restart with another option.
>
> Just because you can backup database online does not mean you can not do
> a off- line backup.
>
> Correct me if I am wrong..
At least it worked for me :-)
Regards
Tino
