PostgreSQL has come a long way in 6-9 months. Please take a look at today's SLONY replication, at commercial support *and value-add* companies like http://www.commandprompt.com/, and http://www.enterprisedb.com/. Replication is here...don't worry. And by the way, sounds like EnterpriseDB is putting replication in place between Oracle and PostgreSQL...could be interesting...
PostgreSQL's support issues vs. MySQL's are simply because MySQL is a company, while PostgreSQL is a community. The good news, though, is that there are some very capable commercial support organizations, including (in alphabetical order), http://www.commandprompt.com/, http://www.enterprisedb.com/, and http://www.pervasive.com/.
i completely agree with this response. But what i want to add is that this "Table," which has become a sort of standard -- since it's the only one -- is ridiculously slanted towards MySQL. It's just not a fair comparison. Some folks i know are trying to put together a more balanced version, but i haven't seen anything from them yet...
No. It's my understanding that it *is* just an upgrade to v4.1. MaxDB, their SAP version, is the old ADABAS database, and that is an entirely different product. Also, v5.0 is a year late, which is not surprising, since they're adding features like stored procedures, triggers, and views, which most enterprise databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle) have had for years, and that's hard! Plus, they take a long time to shake out.
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PostgreSQL has come a long way in 6-9 months. Please take a look at today's SLONY replication, at commercial support *and value-add* companies like http://www.commandprompt.com/, and http://www.enterprisedb.com/. Replication is here...don't worry. And by the way, sounds like EnterpriseDB is putting replication in place between Oracle and PostgreSQL...could be interesting...
PostgreSQL's support issues vs. MySQL's are simply because MySQL is a company, while PostgreSQL is a community. The good news, though, is that there are some very capable commercial support organizations, including (in alphabetical order), http://www.commandprompt.com/, http://www.enterprisedb.com/, and http://www.pervasive.com/.
i completely agree with this response. But what i want to add is that this "Table," which has become a sort of standard -- since it's the only one -- is ridiculously slanted towards MySQL. It's just not a fair comparison. Some folks i know are trying to put together a more balanced version, but i haven't seen anything from them yet...
No. It's my understanding that it *is* just an upgrade to v4.1. MaxDB, their SAP version, is the old ADABAS database, and that is an entirely different product. Also, v5.0 is a year late, which is not surprising, since they're adding features like stored procedures, triggers, and views, which most enterprise databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle) have had for years, and that's hard! Plus, they take a long time to shake out.