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.org TLD Now Runs on PostgreSQL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the enterprise-ready dept.

johnnyb writes "The .org domain, which has long run on Oracle systems, is now being transferred to a PostgreSQL system. I guess we can now dispel the "untested in mission-critical applications" myth."

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  1. not that impressive by LinuxCumShot · · Score: 5, Funny

    .ca runs on MS-DOS running some home brew DB that is just a bunch of batch files

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    1. Re:not that impressive by JonWan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow what do you know... they let Canadians moderate.

      +2 Funny to -1 Troll in 30 sec.

    2. Re:not that impressive by liquidsin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Are you sure it's a joke? I was thinking it was 'informative'.

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  2. Oracle... by killthiskid · · Score: 5, Funny
    "No one ever got fired for selecting Oracle, so we asked ourselves, Do we take that option?" he said.

    Not true! I know someone who got fired for choosing oracle, then being unable to properly implement it.

    1. Re:Oracle... by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

      I know someone who got fired for choosing oracle, then being unable to properly implement it.

      My standard rebuttal now when someone says "nobody every got fired for choosing (insert standard expensive mediocrity vendor here)" is: "No, they didn't get fired, they lost their job when their company folded."

      -jcr

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  3. This is a great performance test by TerryAtWork · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we get to see how PostgreSQL handles those 98 % of wasted inquiries from DNS servers that don't know .elvis is not a TLD.

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    1. Re:This is a great performance test by mcoko · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just wasted 98% of my brain cells trying to figure out what your parentathese and acromyns mean. Then the last 2% trying to sift through the RFC to confirm your statement.

      I have just crashed with 0% brain matter left.

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    2. Re:This is a great performance test by micromoog · · Score: 4, Funny
      you (and sadly, too many others) should read rfc 1035.

      Well, I would read it . . . except that it's SO completely useless and uninteresting to me.

  4. slashdotted by gokubi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope computerworld isn't running on PostgreSQL!

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  5. Overkill. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    All they need is netcat, shell scripts and grep.

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  6. Great idea... by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it breaks they can just go to postgresql.org to get updates and.... oh wait.

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    1. Re:Great idea... by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      You'll note Slashdot uses MySQL and is very happy.

      You misspelled "real fucking slow".

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    2. Re:Great idea... by sharkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      erm.. which slashdot are you using?

      Try reading during the day. When Slashdot takes 5-10 minutes to respond to a connection request, I'd say that's pretty damn slow. It's quite a bit faster at night. The daily slow-down is more an indictment of Taco's implementation than anything else, I suppose. Since Taco implemented this new interation of Slashdot Math (20+30+30=100), the site's been nearly unreadable during the US day.

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  7. Ummmm.... by Grip3n · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...for some reason I can't resolve postgresql.org anymore...

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  8. Re:pfffttt.. by Graelin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Posts like this remind me of WHY my skills in database and application design are in such high demand....

    So what, it's still slow as hell.

    MySQL rulez!

    Yes yes, please keep thinking that Troll. I'm paid very well to clean up your messes.

  9. Re:How to pronounce? by mangu · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree, the name IS stupid. I just say POST-GRES. Well, anyhow, maybe it's a better name than "Edsel"...

  10. Re:Not a surprise... by tzanger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just did another Oracle TAR (telephone assistance request) via their Metalink site.

    Ya know, PostgreSQL has multiple levels of support as well... I believe you would have as good response times with them, especially at their Platinum level of support.

  11. We put the ---- in dot-ORG by penguin_punk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok. I think I figured it out.

    Microsoft puts the "." in .CA

    Sun puts the "." in .COM

    PostgreSQL puts the "E_fatalError - Database error" in .ORG?

    I have a test on this tomorrow, so I just wanted to make sure.

    laugh.

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  12. As A Person Who Might Have Smoked Crack... by Petersko · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...I can tell you without question that none of the effects associated with crack include the forming of erroneous conclusions regarding the current state of database field testing.

    Marijuana, on the other hand, allowed me to accept such conclusions as valid, mostly because I was too lazy to doublecheck.

  13. Re:Non-commercial? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is /. non-profit?

    Non-profit, no. No-profit, you bet.

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  14. Re:hmm... by tealover · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...amusing when someone mispells...

    Is this real irony or Alanis irony?

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  15. Re:Fifth largest? by farnsworth · · Score: 4, Funny
    here are the latest numbers of various tld registrations:

    1) .com ORA-00936: missing expression
    2) .net mySQL:Cannot Connect to Local mysql server
    3) .de Filemaker Pro: 813, Record Synchronization error on network
    4) .org jdbc:postgresql:postgres Exception caught 101, error: Network is unreachable
    5) .nl "errr, I think I have that number scribbled on that big wooden shoe..."
    6) .kr "ENLARGE YOUR PENIS!!!!"

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