[cumbria_lug] PostgreSQL

[Rosalind Mitchell]

On Sun, 2009-11-22 at 19:26 +0000, Luke Antins wrote:
> I've been reaching for Postgres a lot lately.
> I come from mostly using MySQL.

Yes, same here.  I've been using MySQL for years and I reckon I'm pretty
fluent with it, but I don't like the way its ethos has developed

> The most difficult thing to begin with was getting my head around the 
> different structure/approach used by Postgres.
> Once cracked, it's been pretty smooth sailing =)

Yes, lets hope so.   But as you say, once cracked...

> pgAdmin is definatly worth checking out, its a GUI program similar to 
> phpMyAdmin, very handy for fiddling about with your database.

Looks much nicer than mysqladmin I must say

> Anything else like backups / loading SQL I do from the command line.

You can't beat the command line, I always say!

Rosie