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

El Jue 09 Oct 2003 08:33, Harald Fuchs escribió:
> In article <20031009061602.GB8513@zf.jcu.cz>,
>
> Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.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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