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Re: PostgreSQL Use ?

From: Alex R. Mosteo <alejandro_at_mosteo.com>
Date: 2005-01-17 16:05:13 CET

Merlin Moncure wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>
>>Alex R. Mosteo wrote:
>>
>>>stevec@atomic9.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Would it be worth it for Subversion to use PostgreSQL instead of
>
> the
>
>>>>Berkely
>>>>DB (where/when it is used) since PostgreSQL is now at v8.0?
>>>
>>>
>>>As already gone out of beta? For windows too?
>>
>>It is my understanding that PostgreSQL has only recently (past
>>year?) come out with a native Windows port, using MinGW, i.e.,
>>not Microsoft Visual C/C++. In the past, they only supported
>>Windows via Cygwin, i.e., not for the "masses", and not just for
>>building it but for running it. So on native Windows, PostgreSQL
>>is much less proven.
>
>
> I've been using the win32 port of PostgreSQL in production environments
> (yes, the beta version) for over 6 months now. It is very stable and
> quick, although it does not scale as well as the linux version.

I just tried betas 1 and 2 and in both cases there was some problem with
the installer. The service couldn't start for some reason. I guess it's
time to try again :)

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