> Advanced tools do have advanced safety features, but are sold "ready
> for most use", not "safely disabled until you read all of the manuals
> so you can figure out how to make it work decently". I agree that
> reading the manuals is an important part of learning a new tool,
> but it shouldn't b
[tuning analogies snipped]
>
> Likewise with self-proclaimed computer tuners.
You have no idea how much I agree with you there.
> > I really don't understand why people expect computers to do everything
> > for them, the burden of using tools properly belongs to the user.
>
> I of course agree i
"Dominic J. Eidson" schrieb:
> > ...
> > What if I do a SELECT to check for a row. Then I do a INSERT. But between
> > SELECT and INSERT someone else inserted a row. NO I do not think that "good
> > programming" will solve this.
>
> Good design, together with good implementation, gets you a lo
John Burski wrote:
> > I really don't understand why people expect computers to do everything
> > for them, the burden of using tools properly belongs to the user.
> Let the congregation say "Amen!"
The counterpoints:
(Complex tool)
A car comes assembled, from the factory, tuned to accelerate, a
Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
> > Just curious, what kind of tables did you set up in MySQL? My
> Ehh... there are more than one kind... I did not know. Still with
> transactions on PostgreSQL (unsafe method?) MySQL was 2 times as fast as
> PostgreSQL. I will check this out, and return to this list wi
>
>
>
> I really don't understand why people expect computers to do everything
> for them, the burden of using tools properly belongs to the user.
>
Let the congregation say "Amen!"
--
John Burski
Chief IT Cook and Bottlewasher
911 Emergency Products, St. Cloud, MN
(320) 656 0076 www.911ep
Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Lamar Owen wrote:
> > But, then again, if the default settings are so bad performance-wise,
> > why _are_ they the default anyway? There should be good reason, of
> > course, but I think maybe the defaults could or should be revisited as
> > to applicability.
> I can un
* Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001229 13:13] wrote:
> Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
> > I run both MySQL and PostgreSQL as they are (minimum switches, no tuning, as
> > default as it can be). That is MySQL as the .rpm installed it
> > (--datadir --pid-file --skip-locking) and PostgreSQL with -i -S -
