Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-14 Thread Guy Fraser
On Tue, 2006-14-03 at 07:45 -0500, Andrew Rawnsley wrote: > One doesn't 'install' oracle. That implies you have control of the > situation. One attempts to convince it to condescend to install itself onto > your machine. > > Of course, this is like convincing my 3 year old to go to bed on time.

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Rawnsley
One doesn't 'install' oracle. That implies you have control of the situation. One attempts to convince it to condescend to install itself onto your machine. Of course, this is like convincing my 3 year old to go to bed on time. Such powers of persuasion are not common. On 3/13/06 5:41 PM, "Sco

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Richard Huxton
Kevin Grittner wrote: The Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) of the Wisconsin Court System has migrated to PostgreSQL for all of its Circuit Court web operations. Eight production databases have been converted, six of them around 180 GB each, holding statewide information replicated r

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 15:26, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 15:16, Tony Caduto wrote: > > Kevin Grittner wrote: > > > Overall, PostgreSQL > > > has been faster than the commercial product from which we converted. > > > > > > > > > Kevin, > > Are you allowed to say what commercia

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Michael Schmidt
Regarding other government users, I read a case study awhile back on the web regarding ease of installation of databases.  This was from a fellow in Texas - I think he was with the department of agriculture.  He said that he had tried Oracle but had a lot of trouble getting it up and runnin

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 15:16, Tony Caduto wrote: > Kevin Grittner wrote: > > Overall, PostgreSQL > > has been faster than the commercial product from which we converted. > > > > > Kevin, > Are you allowed to say what commercial product you converted from? And whether he can or not, this would

Re: [GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Tony Caduto
Kevin Grittner wrote: Overall, PostgreSQL has been faster than the commercial product from which we converted. Kevin, Are you allowed to say what commercial product you converted from? Thanks, Tony Caduto AM Software Design Milwaukee WI http://www.amsoftwaredesign.com --

[GENERAL] Wisconsin Circuit Court Access (WCCA) on PostgreSQL

2006-03-13 Thread Kevin Grittner
The Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) of the Wisconsin Court System has migrated to PostgreSQL for all of its Circuit Court web operations. Eight production databases have been converted, six of them around 180 GB each, holding statewide information replicated real-time from 72 county