Re: Regarding Distributed Database features

On Friday 13 July 2007 11:16, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Chidambaram Janamaddi wrote:
> > Hello!
> >                   Can you please let me know whether postgreSQL has
> > Distributed Database supporting features?
>
> No.
>

While the question is far too vague to be given a solid answer, I think you're
being dismissive of question. PostgreSQL works fine as a piece of a
distributed database solution, though it generally requires some glue code to
make it all work, but that's generally true of most databasee.

> > Which of the Distributed database functionalities are totally or
> > partially supported among the following ......................
> >
> >     *   Local autonomy
> >     *   No reliance on a central site
> >     *   Continuous operation
> >     *   Location independence
> >     *   Fragmentation independence
> >     *   Replication independence
> >     *   Distributed query independence
> >     *   Distributed transaction processing
> >     *   Hardware independence
> >     *   Operating system independence
> >     *   Network independence
> >     *   Database independence
> >

Again, the above checkbox items are too vauge to give you a real answer.
PostgreSQL is not designed as a distributed database, but it can be a piece
of a distributed database system if your trying to put one together, but
you'd need to speak more specifically of implementation details and provide
much more context to have a meaningful conversation about it.

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL