> Yes and no. I will probably draw flames for this but I have successfully
> upgraded MySQL databases between versions (and platforms) without any
Yes but again your comparing Microsoft Access err MySQL to PostgreSQL.
MySQL is not PostgreSQL, literally. It can't do what PostgreSQL does.
I could be incorrect but I don't believe you can just upgrade from say
Oracle 8 to version 9.
Now if I am wrong in that, then we have a problem and it is definately
something that should be addressed.
Sincerely,
Joshua Drake
P.S. My point is, I don't consider MySQL competition. I consider
Oracle competition.
> dumping and that has worked just fine. Like it or not, this has helped its
> adoption immensely, and I think that reducing the need for dumping even
> between major versions (i.e. only when necessary) would be a very welcome
> feature, probably just even from a code maintenance POV.
> PostgreSQL is wicked cool for what it does and has come a long way
> recently, but with 7.4 the impending arrival of hordes of Windows users
> will make ease of use a much more important factor for its broadened
> acceptance - otherwise people _will_ just revert to MySQL and work around
> any problems, as usual.
>
> Otherwise I agree, pgsql is a good replacement for many Oracle or MSSQL
> installations. :)
>
> regards
> Holger
