Re: FW: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

OK. Thanks to all who responded. Sounds like no foreseeable problems exist
when running Postgresql alongside another enterprise db on a win box. The
advice against doing that, however, is well taken and I appreciate it all.

The reality of my situation is that the MS SQL Server may only reside on the
same machine (Win2K server) until all data has been transferred from it to
postgres, and then for maybe a month after that. Beyond that, postgres will
be the only RDBMS on the box. It is for the transitional time where the
concerns were raised. I am stuck, however, to running on top of a Win OS at
the moment.

Cheers,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: April 22, 2004 11:35 AM
To: Anony Mous
Cc: 'Joshua D. Drake'; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] FW: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

Anony Mous <A(dot)Mous(at)shaw(dot)ca> writes:
> How is it possible for Postgresql to "freak out" and take out the machine?

On real operating systems (e.g. Unixen) it can't, because it's an
unprivileged process. I wouldn't care to make a similar statement
about Windows though.

regards, tom lane