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

From: Martin Marques <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar>
To: hf99(at)protecting(dot)net, Harald Fuchs <nospam(at)sap(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Humor me: Postgresql vs. MySql (esp. licensing)
Date: 2003-10-09 14:59:38
Message-ID: 200310091159.38373.martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar
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El Jue 09 Oct 2003 08:33, Harald Fuchs escribió:
> 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.

Sorry, is that suppose to be a solution?
It really freaks me out!

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