Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-13 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > Is it that you must purchase it if you wish to develop commercial > applications that require it? And that you cannot sell it. -- Madarasz Gergely [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's practically impossible to look at a

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-13 Thread Martin Schulze
On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 01:48:58AM -0400, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > After carefully reading over the license of Mysql it seems like it could > be included in the main > distribution area. > > I am wondering exactly what parts are preventing it from being > included. > > Is it that you must purcha

RE: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-13 Thread Meskes, Michael
Please tell me what exactly you like more about mysql in comparison to PostgreSQL which really is DFSG free. Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager| topystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED]| Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 521

RE: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-13 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Meskes, Michael wrote: > Please tell me what exactly you like more about mysql in comparison to > PostgreSQL which really is DFSG free. I find it much faster, it uses less resources... of course it has less features too, but you dont always need subselects and transactions.

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-13 Thread Kevin Atkinson
Martin Schulze wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 01:48:58AM -0400, Kevin Atkinson wrote: > > After carefully reading over the license of Mysql it seems like it could > > be included in the main > > distribution area. > > > > I am wondering exactly what parts are preventing it from being > > inclu

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-14 Thread Erv Walter
Meskes, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please tell me what exactly you like more about mysql in comparison to > PostgreSQL which really is DFSG free. 1) Speed 2) While neither completely implements SQL92 and newer standards, the portion that mysql implements is more useful for my application

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-14 Thread Drake Diedrich
> Meskes, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please tell me what exactly you like more about mysql in comparison to > > PostgreSQL which really is DFSG free. > On Sat, Jun 13, 1998 at 07:55:46PM -0500, Erv Walter wrote: > 1) Speed > 2) While neither completely implements SQL92 and newer stan

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-16 Thread Michael Meskes
Raul Miller writes: > I'm aware of two issues: > > (1) mysql is significantly faster Will comment on this one later. > (2) postgres forces you to abandon ansi sql for a number of things > where mysql allows you to use ansi sql. Which ansi sql feature is missing? Michael -- Dr. Michael Meske

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-16 Thread Michael Meskes
Gergely Madarasz writes: > I find it much faster, it uses less resources... of course it has less > features too, but you dont always need subselects and transactions. It doesn't have transactions? Whew, I never expected that. Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager| topsystem System

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-16 Thread Michael Meskes
Drake Diedrich writes: >In some tests I ran, I found that postgres was only capable of 4 > transactions per second in the default configuration. The speed could be > increased to 80 transactions/sec if you were willing to turn off the > automatic disk syncing. It is not clear from the mysql d

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-16 Thread Gergely Madarasz
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Michael Meskes wrote: > Gergely Madarasz writes: > > I find it much faster, it uses less resources... of course it has less > > features too, but you dont always need subselects and transactions. > > It doesn't have transactions? Whew, I never expected that. You can lock the

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-17 Thread Drake Diedrich
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 11:03:22AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > No DBMS syncy after each transaction. Most systems do it every 30 seconds. > Support for that will be added to Postgres later on. And with 80 TPS I think /usr/doc/postgresql-doc/FAQ.gz -- 2.11) How do I

Re: Including Mysql in the Main Distrubation

1998-06-17 Thread Oliver Elphick
Drake Diedrich wrote: ... >/usr/doc/postgresql-doc/FAQ.gz >-- > 2.11) How do I tune the database engine for better performance? > > There are several things that can be done. You can disable fsync() by > starting the postmaster with a '-o -F' option. T