-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:11:05 -0800 "Swaminathan Saikumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > I'm new to PostGreSql. > > http://searchyourwebhost.com/web-hosting/articles/insight-database-hosting-using-sql > The cons of PostgreSql Hosting > * Performance considerations: Inserts and Updates into the PostgreSql > database is much slower compared to MySql. PostgreSql hosting thus > might slow down the display of the web page online. Not when data integrity comes into play. > * BSD license issues: Since PostgreSql comes under the Berkeley > license scheme, this is again considered to be too open. Exactly how is too open a bad thing? > * Availability of inferior Data Storage mechanism: PostgreSql uses > Postgres storage system, which is not considered to be transaction > sae during PostgreSql hosting. Uhmm that is a blatant lie. > * Its not far-flung: While MySql hosting and MSSql hosting have deeply > penetrated into the market, PostgreSql hosting still remains to be > passive in the database hosting market. I know many postgresql hosting companies. > * Non-availability of required assistance for PostgreSql hosting: > Assistance is being provided via mailing lists. However there is no > guarantee that the issue faced during PostgreSql hosting would be > resolved. Say what? http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > Thanks! - -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL SPI Liaison | SPI Director | PostgreSQL political pundit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHoREhATb/zqfZUUQRAkRpAJ9gdQAwmWsXPNlut0DJ8/mNgzmytQCdEd8M 0kBugrvVLkPSH4VWBtKYUUE= =vqnc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster