Re: Postgress and MYSQL
От | Chris Ochs |
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Тема | Re: Postgress and MYSQL |
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Msg-id | 04b401c3daed$67edd510$b9042804@chris2 обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Postgress and MYSQL (Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb@eskimo.com>) |
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Re: Postgress and MYSQL
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Список | pgsql-general |
Personally I don't think it's installing/running the database server that people have problems with. I used postgresql about 5 years ago and am now switching back to it from sapdb. I have also used mysql and oracle. The problems I have had with postgresql is the websites. The website does very little to make an impression on new users, or to showcase the features that are available to someone that doesn't know anything about postgresql. It's difficult to find information, and too much information is outdated which makes you question everything else. I still am not sure what replication options are available because of all the conflicting information that is posted on the various websites (gborg, pgsql.com, postgresql.org, etc..). Look I love postgresql, but reality is reality. The database itself is great, the documentation is pretty good, but a lot of the other things about postgresql (like the website) need a lot of work. Postgresql gives the impression of being a second rate disorganized product if you were to just go by the website alone. Now of course that is not true, but perception governs people's actions and behavior. If people think postgresql is difficult, guess what, for all intents and purposes it is. If that perception leads them to use mysql instead of postgresql, then at some point you have to face the fact that it's the perceptions that are really important, regardless of the facts. Chris > > Honestly PG is easy to get up and running on several distributions. On > RH, service postgres start willgive you a running Postgres (it will do an > initdb if needed). Now just create a user and get going. > > PG is only hard because people _think_ it's going to be hard. Or because > it used to be hard. However, it hasn't been hard for a long time. > >
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