On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:46:36PM +, Dirk Koopman wrote:
>
> That is a insult to several lurchers that I know and love. The simile I
> think you are groping for is: "like a snail on mogodon".
I stand corrected ... until I can think of a metaphor that conjures the
massive bulk that is Oracle
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:25, Chris Benson wrote:
> Tell me about it:
> Memory: 12G real, 5823M free, 1999M swap free
>
> Only 5.8GB free because I restarted Solaris this morning to change
> max shmem to 4GB ... it'll be gone by tonight and the app (Oracle
> Financials) still runs like a dog
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:06:44AM +, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:49:52PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
> > I've tried putting the demo version of Oracle on somewhat better hardware
> > (sorry, it's been a while & I forget all specs) and, aside from the fact
>
> You really
Title: RE: MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration
And I am one of those scapegoats, ;-)
> On a side-note, there are enormous numbers of people whose entire
> career consists of "Oracle DBA" or "Oracle Consultant", many of whom
> are entirely ignorant of concepts I w
Title: RE: MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration
Correction,
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From: Steve Keay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:43:32PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Chris Devers wrote:
> I've put copies of Pg on pretty old equipment & it ran tolerably well --
> good enough to put sample databases in, write code against it, etc.
>
> I've tried putting the demo version of Oracle on somewhat better hardware
> (sorry, it's been a while & I fo
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 06:49:52PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
> I've tried putting the demo version of Oracle on somewhat better hardware
> (sorry, it's been a while & I forget all specs) and, aside from the fact
> that setting everything up was much more of a pain, the strain on the
> machine was
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:43:32PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Walt Mankowski wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:39:45AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
> > > Good, is there any real commercial benefit to an individual acquiring
> > > a good knowledge of PostgreSQL rather than
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:43:32PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
>
> > Put another way, Oracle skills may be more marketable, but paying for the
> > right licenses & hardware to learn Oracle may be unfeasible for most.
>
> They used to do a free hobbyist/e
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:43:32PM -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
> But is it safe to say that in some ways -- and for most things that one
> would be likely to do while learning at home, perhaps *all* ways -- Oracle
> and PostgreSQL can be treated as if they are interchangeable?
Depends what you want
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:39:45AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
> > Good, is there any real commercial benefit to an individual acquiring
> > a good knowledge of PostgreSQL rather than Oracle SQLServer ?
>
> Be careful with your terminology. Oracle is Ora
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:39:45AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
> Good, is there any real commercial benefit to an individual acquiring a good
> knowledge of PostgreSQL rather than Oracle SQLServer ?
Be careful with your terminology. Oracle is Oracle; SQL Server is
Microsoft's RDBMS. Having said th
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 09:28:49AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
> Hhhhm, I'm worried by statements like this :-
>
> >> >> How close is PostgreSQL to Oracle in terms of its SQL capabilities?
> >> >It's done everything that I've expected it to. Triggers and SPs can be
> >> >written in several language
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:39:45AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
>Good, is there any real commercial benefit to an individual acquiring a good
>knowledge of PostgreSQL rather than Oracle SQLServer ?
PostgreSQL doesn't go out of its way to make things difficult for the
programmer. Therefore there isn't
Title: RE: MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration
Good, is there any real commercial benefit to an individual acquiring a good knowledge of PostgreSQL rather than Oracle SQLServer ?
I'm just looking at my next private own-time project ?
Cheers, Mark.
-Original Message-
From: Roge
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 09:28:49AM -, Mark Buckle wrote:
>Is PostgreSQL ever going to be a database you'd bet the company on ?
I have. I won.
I wouldn't use the Perl-embedded-statements in Postgres in a production
server, because there's no equivalent of mod_perl, so you're stuck with
interp
Title: RE: MySQL -> PostgreSQL migration
Hhhhm, I'm worried by statements like this :-
>> >> How close is PostgreSQL to Oracle in terms of its SQL capabilities?
>> >It's done everything that I've expected it to. Triggers and SPs can be
>>
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:53:47PM +, David Cantrell wrote:
>MySQL is faster, easier, less reliable and less capable. Going from MySQL
>to PostgreSQL is pretty easy, you just need to be careful about permissions
>on tables and using sequences instead of auto_increments. Going the other
>way
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 05:30:52PM +, Paul Makepeace wrote:
> Does anyone here have experience using both MySQL and PostgreSQL to some
> reasonable degree they could offer tips or anecdotes on moving from one
> t'other? I'd be interested in any other comparative experiences too like
> speed, ea
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