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PostgreSQL 7.3 Released

Posted by michael on from the oracle-killer dept.

rtaylor writes "Nearly a year's worth of work is out. The new tricks include schema support, prepared queries, dependency tracking, improved privileges, table (record) based functions, improved internationalization support, and a whole slew of other new features, fixes, and performance improvements. Release Email - Download Here - Mirror FTP sites (at bottom)."

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  1. Go on then. by caluml · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cue all the people telling us why it's better than MySQL.

    So - why it it then?

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  2. Re:Im not trolling but..... by spanky555 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you aren't really trolling, and you really think it's worth paying for quality software, why would you pick a crappy RDBMS like MS SQL Server over something with a far better track record, like Oracle or DB2?

  3. Re:had to be said by archeopterix · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Ok, I'm probably going to get modded down for saying this
    Next time I see this line I'm gonna mod down without reading the rest of the post. C'mon people, karma is not the dick size. Well, ok, it is the dick size (mine is excellent), but still whining about supposed modding down is annoying.