Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Thought provoking piece on NetBSD

2006-09-01 Thread Anton de Wet
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Josh Berkus wrote: In general, I think that people who harp on PostgreSQL's lack of a benevolent dictator as an inhibitor to progress are people who are not comfortable with democracy and are looking for excuses why company X needs to "take over the project for its own good.

Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Thought provoking piece on NetBSD

2006-09-04 Thread Anton de Wet
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, mdean wrote: Guys, a multiple perspective is important. Your perspective is valid, but doesn't address the true purpose of these easy certs. They are designed to give the companies involved larger mind space among programmers, admins, and companies hiring them. They are a

Re: [GENERAL] equivalent of sqlload?

1998-11-29 Thread Anton de Wet
> > Now...I have broken the "copy" process down into smaller chunks and make > > multiple calls to "copy". I have a total of about 5.4 million records and > > the job isn't done yet...my Pentium 433 has been working on this copy for > > over 24 hours. I have seen pretty much the same effect, t

Re: [GENERAL] Introduction: Accounting/Bookeeping Project

1998-12-13 Thread Anton de Wet
Hi I have written a basic accounting system with PostgreSQL and Tcl/Tk as frontend. It is probably not the be all and end all of accounting systems but we have been using it effectively in our business for about 9 months now. It does time logging, invoicing (using LaTeX to produce the output),

Re: [GENERAL] Why PostgreSQL is better than other commerial softwares?

1998-12-18 Thread Anton de Wet
> > On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Quick mailing list support > > > > except they cant tell me why a Dump/Restore from 6.3>6.4 wont work fore > > some people. :) > > Often quick mailing list support? :-) While on the subject I finally found the solution to a problem I (