PostgreSQL Inc. Open Sources Replication Solution

Martin Marvinski writes "PostgreSQL Inc, the commercial company providing replication software and support for PostgreSQL, open sourced their eRServer replication product. This makes PostgreSQL one step closer to being able to replace Oracle as the de facto RDBMS standard. More information can be found on PostgreSQL's website."

Postgre sucks!

[Anonymous Coward]

Use MySQL! Who cares if it doesn't support transactions, corrupts at every chance, is not scalable, and a resource hog! It is your duty to use MySQL!

all "pgsql vs mysql" posts below this subject pls

[Anonymous Coward]

So we can get them neatly sorted out of the way of the interesting comments. Thanks.

One Step Closer?

[cmay]

So I get up and take a step toward the coffee machine, I guess I am ALSO "one step closer" to China!

Pardon my ignorance

[dborod]

We use PostgreSQL a lot. Since all the of the sites related to this story are in the process of being /.ed, can someone tell me what this replication thingy does?

Re:PostgreSQL fanboy

[TheRaven64]

I don't want to start a MySQL v postgresql flamewar

Awww. Go one, you know you want to really. Here, I'll help get the ball rolling:

I've only every tried MySQL once, and that was for a database course assigment. It didn't have the features required for Question 1, so I switched to PostgreSQL. From this I deduce that MySQL is crap.

There. That wasn't hard, was it? All that is required is a strongly stated, yet uninformed, opinion about either. Now we just need some other contributors...

Re:Postgre sucks!

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a damn good thing you posted anonymously. How DARE you say a SINGLE BAD word about MySQL!! How dare you. It is a proven scientific fact that things like triggers, subselects, stored procedures, etc. are only needed by TERRORISTS. Do you hear me? Terrorists. If you had posted using your real name, God help you. You had better switch back to MySQL, use it, and stop asking so many damn questions. DO YOU UNDERSTAND

Re:Is this only a partial solution?

[ralphclark]

6. the slaves elect a new master.

6a. The slaves realize to their horror that the new master has become as evil as the old master was.

7. if the old master comes back up it must realize a new master is present and become a slave.

7a. Some of the slaves conspire with the old master to assist his return to power.

Re:Excellent

[ryanvm]

Wonder how long it will take for this to migrate to debs stable branch...

It'll probably get there about two years after KDE 3.1. So, about 2007.

Re:IANADBA

[p3d0]

As someone who has been messing with Oracle for more than 10 years, I must say that NOTHING (in commercial or OSS world) comes even close on the high-end hardware you are describing.

As an IBM employee, I think my employment agreement requires me to ask: what about DB/2?

Kudos to Oracle for a *great* Java Installer

[kupci]

Unlike MSFT, Oracle happens to run on other platforms besides Linux, a part of the world DOS people tend to forget about. That's why the Oracle installer is so great - same installer whether Windows, Solaris, Linux what have you. And I don't know, but I found the installer worked great. Numlock key - you lost me there, sounds like one of those support call jokes or something though....

More apps should do this, such as DB2. Point is gotta think outside the box a little.

Re:Excellent

[Cigarra]

Nobody mod up a sane, non-satyrical first post. Cruel world!