Re: Slashdot discussion - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | Thomas Good |
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Subject | Re: Slashdot discussion |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.4.05.10007111406150.27662-100000@admin.nrnet.org Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Slashdot discussion (Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>) |
List | pgsql-general |
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Lamar Owen wrote: > And, if most people's experience with the RedHat 5.2 RPM's is what > they're going on, they need to get with the program -- RH 5.2 shipped > PostgreSQL *6.3.2* which is absolutely ancient. Although, at the time, > 6.3.2 was better than nothing. Hello Lamar, 'Better than nothing' - hmm... Perhaps better than MySQL? Definitely better than PROGRESS which is what it replaced in my shop. I have one linux box running Pg up over 190 days - and it gets hammered on daily. Mind you I don't run RedHat on production machines - it's a little too cute and a little too unstable. I use slackware. Anyway, I have some development boxes using newer versions of Pg (both FBSD and Linux - even a RedHat workstation) but there is nothing wrong with 6.3.2. Sure 7+ boasts more features and better performance but there is nothing fatally flawed in 6.3.2. Trust me, 190 days for a linux box running linux is pretty good. Especially when the users are social workers - afraid of technology and overly fond of abusing the text data type. 6.3.2 is certainly 'better than nothing' and, aside from slow vacuums, I have no complaints. Of course, I have the old logo taped to the cover of my notebook: a printout of the various pg manuals and Bruce's book. Being a bit of a blockhead I kind of fancy to exploding bricks. ;-) BTW, re the slashdot business... Maybe MySQL is 'perceived' as easier to use than Pg - like Access (Abcess?) is perceived as being friendlier than a real database. But the reality is that MySQL always struck me as being more of a toy than an industrial strength db - and installation isn't really that much easier. I still recall my first build with Pg. The docs were very good and I had it up and running on my first attempt. The only difficulty I had was determining what IF to use. I started with ecpg then switched to DBI. I think now I'd like to have a crack on the new and improved ecpg. I see that Michael's done alot of work - of course it was always 'better than nothing'! ;-) Cheers, Tom -------------------------------------------------------------------- SVCMC - Center for Behavioral Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org IS Coordinator / DBA Phone: 718-354-5528 Fax: 718-354-5056 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: PostgreSQL s l a c k w a r e FreeBSD: RDBMS |---------- linux The Power To Serve --------------------------------------------------------------------
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