Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:33:39PM +0200, Harald Fuchs wrote:
> In article <20031009061602.GB8513@zf.jcu.cz>,
> Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> writes:
>
> >   BTW,  MySQL versions  without transactions  are unusable  for 365/7/24
> >   systems, because you  cannot make backup of DB  without transaction or
> >   redo log.
>
> Huh?  People have backed up their MyISAM tables with "mysqlhotcopy" or
> something like that for ages.  This tool locks all tables and can take
                                           ^^^^^
                                           :-)
> a significant amount of time for large databases.  Since many people
> don't want that, they just create a small replication slave used
> exclusively for backup.

 How sure you with integrity of backup without transaction? For example
 references between tables...

    Karel

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