Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-31 Thread Christopher Browne
> Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The options that leap to mind are: > > What did you think about the info I got on embedding MySQL and > PosgreSQL (did I post that?). I'm not sure I saw that; could be "user error" on my part. > If not, I spoke to both camps, and the MySQL

Re: Offtopic, database design; Was: Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-30 Thread Patrick Spinler
> For example filling in a sequential primary > key properly is a typical case, each database provides its own facility for, > Oracle sequences, MSSQL identity columns, etc. > Just a note as a gainfully employed DBA: _DO_NOT_USE_SEQUENTIALLY_INCREASING_COLUMNS_AS_PRIMARY_KEYS_ Please. Th

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-24 Thread Rob Browning
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The options that leap to mind are: What did you think about the info I got on embedding MySQL and PosgreSQL (did I post that?). If not, I spoke to both camps, and the MySQL people said that they already have a patch that'll allow embedded use. T

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-22 Thread Clark Jones
Christopher Browne wrote: [...] > The options that leap to mind are: > a) Berkeley Sleepycat DB. This tends to be _included_ with GNU-related >systems, and provides, in its latest versions, transaction logging, >locking, and all that sort of thing. There has been some discussion >of

Re: Get PostgreSQL installed as part of the distros

2000-10-21 Thread Christopher Browne
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 10:46:13 EDT, the world broke into rejoicing as Eugene Tyurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Please do *not* go the RDBMS way! > > RDBMS are sexy, "industrial-strength" and stuff. But unless you need to > ensure consistency of multiple reads/writes on the same table they only >