Re: Comparing databases

From: Enrico Weigelt <weigelt(at)metux(dot)de>
To: postgresql advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Comparing databases
Date: 2004-06-03 14:26:45
Message-ID: 20040603142645.GE6780@nibiru.metux.de
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* Paul Ganainm <paulsnewsgroups(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> When I say "Ease of use", I mean for a reasonably IT savvy person to be
> able to get up and running and be functional with - that does not mean
> that IB/FB is in any way a "toy" db - an accusation that I have heard in
> the past!

Isnt psql easy to set up ?

The only nasty thing is (IMHO) that on major updates the whole
database has to be reconstructed from dump. This requires to take
the postmaster down some minutes - on very large database this can
also take quite a while.

cu
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