Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete Why Postgres not MySQL bullet list
On 21 Aug 2003 at 21:30, Manfred Koizar wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:05:52 +0200, I wrote: Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? Firebird. Stop! I withdraw that statement. I must have mis-read some feature list :-( Tests with InterBase 6 showed that you can change metadata within a transaction, but when you ROLLBACK, metadata changes persist. Well, isql documentation mentions that DDLs don't go to database unless you commit and autoddl parameter defaults to true. Looks like there definition of transactable does not include a rollback case. Oops! BTW any comments on storing an entire database in single file? I don't trust any file system for performance and data integrity if I have single 100GB file. I would rather have multiple of them.. Bye Shridhar -- Moore's Constant: Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to do. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete Why Postgres not MySQL bullet list
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:05:52 +0200, I wrote: Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? Firebird. Stop! I withdraw that statement. I must have mis-read some feature list :-( Tests with InterBase 6 showed that you can change metadata within a transaction, but when you ROLLBACK, metadata changes persist. Servus Manfred ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send unregister YourEmailAddressHere to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete Why Postgres not MySQL bullet list
On Thursday 21 August 2003 21:30, Manfred Koizar wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:05:52 +0200, I wrote: Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? Firebird. Stop! I withdraw that statement. I must have mis-read some feature list :-( Tests with InterBase 6 showed that you can change metadata within a transaction, but when you ROLLBACK, metadata changes persist. Aha. I was just about to ask about that, because I was experimenting with a 1.5 beta version without success. Doesn't seem to work there (though as I have little experience and virtually no docs I might be missing something). Ian Barwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete Why Postgres not MySQL bullet list
On 21 Aug 2003 at 0:22, Ian Barwick wrote: * DDL - Data definition language (table creation statements etc.) in MySQL are not transaction based and cannot be rolled back. Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? oracle seems to have autonomous transactions which is arthogonal. If we are going to compare it, we are going to need it against other databases as well. Personally I find transactable DDL's a big plus of postgresql. It allows real funcky application design at times..:-) Bye Shridhar -- drug, n:A substance that, injected into a rat, produces a scientific paper. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
Re: [HACKERS] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete Why Postgres not MySQL bullet list
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:45:03 +0530, Shridhar Daithankar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering, what other databases has transactable DDLs? Firebird. Servus Manfred ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
