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 forget
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 would consider fundamental to the
role. I
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
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 do have
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 02:46:36PM +, 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 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
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 Oracle;
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, 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
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 Oracle
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 much
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
written in several languages with PostgreSQL.
Including
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
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.
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From: Roger Burton
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
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 languages with
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, ease
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