Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-22 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ much snipped ] > Vacuuming and analysing can be handled using the algorithms (and the code, > come to that) from pg_autovacuum. Autovacuum will undoubtedly migrate into the core. I'm not sure how soon, or whether the end result will look much like the

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-22 Thread Steve Atkins
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:04:29PM -0700, Rick Gigger wrote: [PostgreSQL ill-suited to embedded use] > How about the following comment from an earlier post: > > > Now, while I think that an embedded fork of PostgreSQL is completely > > missing the point I do think that a low maintenance fork or

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-22 Thread Rick Gigger
> "Rick Gigger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> All of this explains why an embedded PostgreSQL isn't a great idea. It > >> being a true multi-user database means that even if you went though > >> all the work needed to turn it into an embedded database you wouldn't > >> get most of the advantages

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-22 Thread Tom Lane
"Rick Gigger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> All of this explains why an embedded PostgreSQL isn't a great idea. It >> being a true multi-user database means that even if you went though >> all the work needed to turn it into an embedded database you wouldn't >> get most of the advantages. > Is it

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-21 Thread Nigel J. Andrews
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:23:40AM -0700, Rick Gigger wrote: > > > > Yes but sometimes an enterprise level application may need to be put on a > > laptop and taken off-line. Having an embedded database that is compatible > > with the one on the serve

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-16 Thread David Garamond
Chris Ochs wrote: I still have to respectfully disagree. Postgresql is IMO just the wrong software for the job, and given that there are still a number of really important things that postgresql lacks, it should concentrate on those.I am not against it however for technical reasons, because th

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-16 Thread Chris Ochs
I still have to respectfully disagree. Postgresql is IMO just the wrong software for the job, and given that there are still a number of really important things that postgresql lacks, it should concentrate on those.I am not against it however for technical reasons, because those things can alw

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-16 Thread Jeff Bowden
Nigel J. Andrews wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Jeff Bowden wrote: So maybe this is a packaging issue. On Debian when I install postgres it is necessary to do root shit in order to enable non-priveledged users to create and destroy databases. My understanding has alwasy been that these operat

Re: embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-16 Thread Nigel J. Andrews
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Jeff Bowden wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > >Jeff Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >>Still, the main problem I, and I suspect others, would like to solve is > >>installation/configuration. For my app I don't want the user to have to > >>understand anything about

embedded/"serverless" (Re: [GENERAL] serverless postgresql)

2004-01-14 Thread David Garamond
Jeff Bowden wrote: For ease of configuration and other reasons, I would like for my single-user GUI app to be able to use postgresql in-process as a library accessing a database created in the users home directory. I think I could possibly get what I want by launching a captive copy of postmast