Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing) - Mailing list pgsql-general

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>> Do a shutdown -h on a live database machine with pg. It will gracefully
>> shut itself down.
>
> Is that true for all OS flavors and is it dependent upon the DBA having
> set up proper shutdown scripts?
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        When I tested this on PostgreSQL on Novell NetWare 6 it shut down
gracefully.  I don't see why this would be different on other Operating
Systems since the code base is essentially the same (isn't it?).

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