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PostgreSQL 8.0 Enters Beta

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-db-on dept.

gavinroy writes "As announced in pgsql-announce, PostgreSQL 8.0 Beta is now available. New features include native win32 support, Point in Time Recovery, Tablespaces, and much more! here is the beta history if you want more information."

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  1. But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    do they have a 64bit version?

  2. not yet on par with MySQL by EXTmilky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, Postgres is compelling from an academic point of view, but it misses some important features for real-world usability.

    Appearantly their SQL parser is still very flawed and you cannot seriously store binary data with it (BLOBs), unless you can live by the ugly encoding you get your data back with. MySQL never had such problems (it also allows binary data in TEXT fields!), and even if the PG developers don't want to understand that, it are those little annoyances that will prevent PostgreSql from becoming any more wide-spread.

  3. Re:You can save a few clicks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    do any of the new features include something like, oh, say, performance better than having a snail carry my data from floor to floor?

    that would be an improvement!