Hi, Cross-posting FYI.
For us, PostgreSQL is now a REAL alternative (Africa is 98% Windows, so a Linux-only DBMS was not very relevant) - but we obviously want to do some serious testing of performance/reliability. Is anybody on this list planning to do the same in the near future? (Re Tim C's comment about their stress-testing of PostgreSQL 7 on Linux and Windows some time back - do you have a piece of text describing HOW you did that, by the way?) Regards Calle ******************************************* Calle Hedberg 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472 Cell: +27-82-853-5352 ******************************************* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:03 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Released After more than a year of hard work, the PostgreSQL Global Development Group proudly announces the release of version 8.0.0 of the PostgreSQL ORDBMS. This release involves possibly more major changes than any prior version of PostgreSQL since 6.3, including: Native Windows port Savepoints/nested transactions Exception handling inside functions Tablespaces Point in time recovery Improved shared buffer management Background writer process to reduce checkpoint impact Tunable delays to reduce the impact of VACUUM Overhaul of pg_dump and pg_restore Expanded log format options and log rotation Improved embedded quote handling for functions ALTER TABLE can alter the data type of an existing column Improved ALTER capabilities for all database objects Download it now: FTP Mirrors: http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/ftp/latest Windows Version: http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/ftp/win32/ Bittorrent: http://www.postgresql.org/download/bittorrent Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pgsql/ Some packages for popular Linux distributions are now available at: http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.0/linux/ ... and more will be coming soon. Members of the press and the public unfamiliar with PostgreSQL should read our press release here: http://www.postgresql.org/about/press/ Others can review the release notes for a full list of 8.0 changes, features, and upgrade warnings: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release.html Download and have fun! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
