PgEast CFP closes in (3) Days

2011-02-07 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hey, MySQLers if you are looking to present at PgEast, now would be a great time to get your talk in. Yes it is a PostgreSQL conference, but we like to learn from each other, do we not? I would be all over seeing talk titled: What I wish PostgreSQL could do, from a MySQL users perspective! http

PgEast CFP (second call) (anybody up for comparative papers?)

2010-01-13 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 503.667.4564 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
eady not when the marketing droids force you to. I have a strong faith (even if I am not technically interested) in the direction Monty is going with MariaDB. I expect to see great things. > > One more time: begone Postgres troll! Based on your definition of troll, I would say that I am

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
uture and he's posted a few ideas of how you can prepare. > > That said I do agree he's jumped in at the right time to do a bit of Postgres > pushin' and pimpin' :-) You have to take your opportunities when you can :) Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP:

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
c. There is no FUD here. The question was asked, I supplied my thoughts. Further I never suggested any of the things you are stating. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.command

RE: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
on't exist except on the most tertiary level. Most new projects will be developed in either PostgreSQL, Interbase or one of the forks (MariaDB, Drizzle). Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
ase and it took a long way to get there. That being said, this is a good point. A team of developers are likely not to pick up MySQL unless they get paid. There are too many as good or better options that are also open source. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.po

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 08:25 +, Glyn Astill wrote: > --- On Wed, 22/4/09, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > >what are we gonna run as RDBMS ? > > > > How about PostgreSQL? > > > > I second that. You should all have a play with the 8.4 beta > I actu

Re: Oracle , what else ?

2009-04-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 15:19 +0200, Martijn Tonies wrote: > Hey Gilles, > > > >After MySQL bought by the java maker, > > and now Sun bought by Oracle, > > > >what are we gonna run as RDBMS ? How about PostgreSQL? Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - X

2nd call for papers: PostgreSQL Conference East

2009-02-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
PostgreSQL Conference East is being held at historic Drexel University on April 3rd through 5th 2009 . This is the second call for papers. The call for papers ends Feb 23rd and speakers will be notified on the 27th. You may submit your talk here: http://www.postgresqlconference.org . We are looking

Looking for MySQL Speakers

2009-01-26 Thread Joshua D. Drake
premeire PostgreSQL conference series for the United States PostgreSQL community! Please submit your talk here: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/east/ . Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdr...@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training

Looking for someone to give a talk at http://www.pgcon.us/ on MySQL

2008-09-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, I am looking for someone to give a talk on MySQL at the upcoming PostgreSQL Conference in October. Something like Why I chose MySQL over PostgreSQL: A Technical analysis (or similar). Any takers? http://www.pgcon.us/west08/talk_submission/ Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- MySQL

Re: Dismal performance on a 16G memory/8 core server - my.cnf settings?

2008-04-24 Thread Joshua D. Drake
ould ever get decent performance out of this for any database let alone MySQL. Tell your boss to suck it up, spend 5k. You can get a new, decent Dell for that. Or better yet, a HP. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To

What MySQL can learn from PostgreSQL

2008-04-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
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Re: Question about mysql procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:30 -0700 "Rob Wultsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Joshua D. Drake > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Can MySQL functions/stored procedures access database data? > >

Question about mysql procedures

2008-04-11 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, Can MySQL functions/stored procedures access database data? Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate

Only 3 weeks left for PostgreSQL conference

2008-03-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
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What does MySQL have that PostgreSQL doesn't?

2008-01-15 Thread Joshua D. Drake
particular PostgreSQL Gotcha's or issues that force you to use MySQL? Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/