Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-09-01 Thread Frank
>>mysqldump --extended-insert=FALSE<< Thanks for the help, this is allowing me to import the data now. Regards, Frank At 09:37 AM 9/1/2005, Michael Fuhr wrote: [Please copy the mailing list on replies so others can contribute to and learn from the discussion. Also, please don't top-post, as

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-09-01 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Frank; I will use your questions to help in the next version of my migration guide, but you might want to take a look at it anyway. You can find it at: http://www.metatrontech.com/wpapers/ It covers many areas of incompatibility between MySQL and PostgreSQL. My own suggestions is that yo

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-09-01 Thread Reid Thompson
Michael Fuhr wrote: > [Please copy the mailing list on replies so others can > contribute to and learn from the discussion. Also, please > don't top-post, as it destroys the flow of the discussion; > I've moved your questions to a more logical place.] > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:49:57PM -0600,

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-09-01 Thread Michael Fuhr
[Please copy the mailing list on replies so others can contribute to and learn from the discussion. Also, please don't top-post, as it destroys the flow of the discussion; I've moved your questions to a more logical place.] On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:49:57PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On W

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Dann Corbit
:pgsql-general- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Fuhr > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 12:39 PM > To: Frank > Cc: Scott Marlowe; pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0400, Frank wrot

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 14:17, Frank wrote: > Thanks for clearing up some confusion. > > >>Look in the contrib/mysql directory in the source file (or install the > contrib packages for your system, assuming they come with that contrib > package<< It comes with the postgresql tar ball. just downlo

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Brian Wong
On 8/31/05, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to convert some apps over to use postgresql and cannot find > a good tool to import and auto create the tables. > MySQL syntax is not compatible with postgresql. > I get: > ERROR: syntax error at or near "`" at character 14 > from the MySQL o

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0400, Frank wrote: > This fails to insert records > > >> insert into category values > >> (4, 'Hardware - Monitor', 2, '2004-10-12 10:50:01'), > >> (5, 'Hardware - Printer', 2, '2004-10-12 10:50:02'), > >> (6, 'Hardware - Terminal', 2, '2004-10-12 10:50:02'),

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Tom Lane
Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Look in the contrib/mysql directory in the source file (or install the >> contrib packages for your system, assuming they come with that contrib >> package<< > I do not have that, where can I download it? The best place to get it would be http://gborg.postgres

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0400, Frank wrote: > Thanks for clearing up some confusion. > > >>Look in the contrib/mysql directory in the source file (or install the > contrib packages for your system, assuming they come with that contrib > package<< > > I do not have that, where can I dow

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Jim C. Nasby
MySQL has a nasty habit of ignoring standards; in every other database I've used, if you want to quote an identifier (such as a field name), you use ", not `. The fields are also incompatable. int() is non-standard, for starters. There are MySQL to PostgreSQL conversion tools out there that shoul

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Frank
Thanks for clearing up some confusion. >>Look in the contrib/mysql directory in the source file (or install the contrib packages for your system, assuming they come with that contrib package<< I do not have that, where can I download it? This fails to insert records > insert into category va

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 13:50, Frank wrote: > Thanks for the feedback, sorry I was not more specific. > We are a non-profit hospital and have been using MySQL for about 4 years. > > I wanted to convert some apps over to use postgresql and cannot find > a good tool to import and auto create the tabl

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Frank
Thanks for the feedback, sorry I was not more specific. We are a non-profit hospital and have been using MySQL for about 4 years. I wanted to convert some apps over to use postgresql and cannot find a good tool to import and auto create the tables. MySQL syntax is not compatible with postgresql

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread aly . dharshi
Hello Frank, I believe that PostgreSQL is a proper RDBMS adhering to the ACID principles, as well as has similar functions to Oracle, in terms of having procedural language support with pg/plsql and the ability to also use other languages such as perl, java (pl/perl and pl/java) to do the sam

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Richard Huxton
Frank wrote: Hello, I would like to try postgresql and was wondering what benefits it has over MySql. I am using navicat to manage my MySQL databases. Hi Frank. You don't say what you want to use your RDBMS for, so it's a bit difficult to point out what about PostgreSQL would be best for

Re: [GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 11:50:55AM -0400, Frank wrote: > I would like to try postgresql and was wondering what benefits it > has over MySql. Search the list archives to see past discussion, or use a search engine like Google with words like "postgresql mysql comparison." A couple of links you mi

[GENERAL] newbie - postgresql or mysql

2005-08-31 Thread Frank
Hello, I would like to try postgresql and was wondering what benefits it has over MySql. I am using navicat to manage my MySQL databases. Thanks for the help. Frank ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend