In article <ap89ns$2egh$1@news.hub.org>, Brett Elliott wrote:
> I have heard that Postgres betas are relatively stable so is it
> safe to assume that 7.3b2 could be used reliably in production?
It is a beta. If the developers believed it were production
quality, it would be released.
Definitely not recommended.
> Any known issues with the beta?
>
If you would like to see the issues they are working on, you can
track the [HACKERS] list. It is quite interesting.
> Also, what does 7.3b2 offer that 7.2.3 doesn't have? Much better
> performance?
>
I am sure performance has improved, and it is possible that there
are particular cases where it is "much better" but I doubt that
there has been any revolutionary performance improvement overall.