On 11/8/2010 8:00 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
Its not a competition and when it comes to learning, everyone is a
winner. :)
You sure seem to want to put down differing opinion with a barrage of
links, some irrelevant. What makes you think I am unfamiliar with the
history of databases? Ever heard of "ass-u-me"? Anyways, once you resort
to a link of a biography of Jim Starkley as supporting arguments, it's
debatable whether you are here to listen or win.
However one December due in part to database corruption and inability to
restore from a backup.
How does this cute anecdote relate to an analysis of Firebird vs.
Postgres? Your opinion is that Postgres should not be used, Firebird
should, primarily because of poor backup capabilities. However, with a
"best practices" Postgres installation, this would not be a problem
today. You would be able to restore your db to any point in time thanks
to its write ahead log. And, for the truly worried, look for third-party
products like Zmanda, which has a Postgres agent.
So, all your horror stories are greatly exaggerated. IMO opinion, of
course. But, please, maybe a link to a biography of some other database
personality is in order?
Funny, but its not about right or wrong, its about learning. I am more
than happy to let people go about anything inaccurate. Way to many
people doing things wrong to go around correcting everyone, much less
doing it online ;)
You have to learn the difference between "wrong" and "differing opinion".
The former may need immediate attention, the latter does not.
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