Re: add column sillyness - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Paul Ganainm
Subject Re: add column sillyness
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Msg-id MPG.1a49160e8f148ef39896ac@news.gmane.org
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In response to add column sillyness  (Thomas Zehetbauer <thomasz@hostmaster.org>)
List pgsql-general

rick@alpinenetworking.com says...

> tested, solid, native replication both syncronous and asyncronous (at least
> they list this as a feature, I assume it works as advertised)


As an Interbase/Firebird user, I'm confused by this.

There is a replication solution, but AFAIK, it's commercial - not Open
Source.


> native windows versions


This is true - if PostgreSQL got its install/setup as easy as for IB/FB,
they would really start to go places!


> scales down better for embedded apps


There is a dll version available for single user apps - which makes
installation very nice (on Windows).


> The first feature is something that is not a huge deal to me right now but
> it probably will be someday.  Right now I do a full backup every 15 minutes
> and rsync it to a backup db server.  As my databases are small right now
> this is not much of a problem.  I'm hoping that this feature will pop up in
> postgres before it becomes a must have.


I thought that there was a commerical Replicator that has gone Open
Source? Is there more than one project for PG?


> Does anyone have a link to such a comparison?  Also can anyone elaborate on
> the features that postgres has that firebird lacks?  If there were some
> obvious show stoppers in firebird it would save me the time of having to do
> a trial port of an app to firebird before I find them on my own.


What would constitute a "show stopper" for you?


Paul...


> rg

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