Michael T. Tangorre wrote: > From: Damien McKenna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> What about PostgreSQL? > > Interesting you mention that. I was just about to ask the list about it... > who is using it... their impressions. I just downloaded it after reading > some articles on it last night.
I use it and I like it. Since version 8 it has a native version for Windows. If you want to check it out, the installation should be painless. (One thing I love is that it is hardcoded in the executable that you can not run PostgreSQL as administrator. The installer takes care about creating a separate user for the service for you.) But you need to write down the password for the database superuser. After installation the most important issues are: - create databases in Unicode (UTF8) to work with CF MX/7 (IIRC you can't set this during installation yet) - set up a scheduled task that runs vacuum and analyze (see chapter 21 "Routine database maintenance tasks") Nice things you can do and won't find in most other databases: - exotic datatypes, PostgreSQL has some special datatypes that can save you a lot of headaches (IP, MAC, interval, GIS etc.) - create your own datatypes, for instance: CREATE DOMAIN emailaddr AS TEXT CHECK (VALUE ~ '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'); CREATE TABLE subscriber ( ID INTEGER, email EMAILADDR, name TEXT, ... ... ) (OK, you will find this in most other databases. But I think this technique is undervalued so I mention it anyway:-) - explain query plans Admittedly not for everyone, but for me the output format of the PostgreSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE command is the perfect match between completeness and readability: its format matches the scientific literature on query planners. (Probably because a significant part of that literature was developed on PostgreSQL.) - transactional DDL Drop a table, create a new one, change the definition, and if you don't like the result you just roll it back. - many procedural languages (C, R, Java, PHP, Perl, PL/pgSQL, Python) Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:195393 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
