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

>>>>Do a shutdown -h on a live database machine with pg. It will
>>>>gracefully shut itself down.
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>> When I tested this on PostgreSQL on Novell NetWare 6 it shut down
>> gracefully.  I don't see why this would be different on other Operating
>> Systems since the code base is essentially the same (isn't it?).
>
> No it's not. Don't confuse the PostgreSQL code base with the operating
> system it's running on.
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        On NetWare if I type "Unload Postmaster.NLM" then PostgreSQL's
shutdown functions are called and PostgreSQL proceeds with a graceful
shutdown.

        I just assumed that all Operating Systems that PosgreSQL has been
ported to have this type of call-back API functionality built-in for
shutdown signals.

        Now isn't this a part of the PostgreSQL code base to provide the
graceful shutdown functionality when the OS attempts to shut it down?

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