[Gllug] Introductions to Databases

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at workshy.org
Thu Jul 16 14:04:34 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 02:30:30PM +0100, Grzegorz wrote:
> 
> Rule of the thumb is, if you need something really simple, and you are  
> okay with loosing data in odd circumstances - mysql is sufficient.
> But personally I wouldn't go below PostgreSQL's level.
> 
> As for replication, simple replication solutions are available for  
> postgresql for ages now.

The simple solutions are all proprietary.  The open source ones are
horrible.


-- 
Bruce

Bitterly it mathinketh me, that I spent mine wholle lyf in the lists
against the ignorant.  -- Roger Bacon, "Doctor Mirabilis"
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