David Fetter wrote:
>>>> That's just it - I don't think any user-land libraries would
>>>> actually be required. One of supposed big advantages of MySQL is
>>>> it's straightforward replication support. It's quite painful to
>>>> see PostgreSQL suffer purely for the sake of lack of marketting in
>>>> this department. :-(
>>> The "straigtforward" replication support in MySQL is seriously
>>> broken.
>> I am not arguing that it isn't! :-) I am merely trying to implement
>> something at least as good (or rather, no more broken) for
>> PostgreSQL with a minimum of effort.
>
> In that case, use one of the existing solutions. They're all way
> easier than re-inventing the wheel.
Existing solutions can't handle multiple masters. MySQL can do it at
least in a ring arrangement.
Gordan