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This is more a matter for the people behind the database server you choose.
I know for PostgreSQL, however, that a single database may consist of many files with names which may not be extremely obvious. The files may not be compatible with future versions of the database engine, so if updating the database, you may need to backup the database before starting (dump it), then restore it after the upgrade.
Additionally, with any database server like this, you should *never* try to access the files directly while the server is (or might be) running, due to the possibility of corrupted data.
On Apr 15, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Oak Norton wrote:
OK, another newbie question. Once you install a program on someone's local
machine for win/linux/mac that uses mysql or PG, do you typically notify
them of patches to the engine or expect end users to be smart enough to go
out and get the patches themselves? It doesn't seem likely that most end
users would have any clue how to do this. So if I have a robust application
that uses one of these databases, are people required to patch, or since
it's a local install can you just toss a database file out there that will
respond to sql queries like an access database where it's essentially just a
file? (I don't suppose there's a hack to let access databases run on
Mac/Linux???)
Thanks,
Oak
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