Deron <fecastle(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> We are looking at integrating a 3rd party application. They currently use
> MySQL for their database solution. We are asking them to see about porting
> to PostgreSQL. One of the issues they are running into is that they use
> MySQL "BLACKHOLE" storage engine.
Really? I've always assumed that was utterly useless except as a
template for writing new mysql storage engines. What are they using it
for?
You could presumably approximate the behavior by attaching a BEFORE
INSERT trigger to a table that just always returns NULL.
regards, tom lane