Re: Windows version of PostgreSQL 8.x?

On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 12:15, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-07-12 at 11:29, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
> >> How stable is the Windows version of PGSQL 8? Is it as stable as the
> >> Linux
> >> version or should I be looking for something else?
> >
> > For certain values of stable, yes, it is.
> >
> > However, if for no other reason than the fact the the port is fairly
> > new, I wouldn't run it in production myself just yet. If you have no
> > choice but to run Windows where you are, then I'd say PostgreSQL is
> > about as stable as most other databases running on Windows.
> >
>
> Well, I have an uncle that is still using Windows NT and I don't think
> that I can persuade him to change to Linux, sadly...
> I am writing him a small app, that need a reliable database that can
> handle some data and is fast...
>
> BTW, is PGSQL 8 supported on Windows NT 4?

I believe it is. I know it works on win2k and above.

For what you're talking about doing postgresql should be fine. It's the
250,000 transaction a day monster servers i wouldn't try to put on
postgresql on windows.