Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)

From: Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>
To: hf99(at)protecting(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)
Date: 2003-10-09 11:45:38
Message-ID: 20031009114538.GF8513@zf.jcu.cz
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On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 01:33:39PM +0200, Harald Fuchs wrote:
> In article <20031009061602(dot)GB8513(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz>,
> Karel Zak <zakkr(at)zf(dot)jcu(dot)cz> writes:
>
> > BTW, MySQL versions without transactions are unusable for 365/7/24
> > systems, because you cannot make backup of DB without transaction or
> > redo log.
>
> Huh? People have backed up their MyISAM tables with "mysqlhotcopy" or
> something like that for ages. This tool locks all tables and can take
^^^^^
:-)
> a significant amount of time for large databases. Since many people
> don't want that, they just create a small replication slave used
> exclusively for backup.

How sure you with integrity of backup without transaction? For example
references between tables...

Karel

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