Re: PostgreSQL 8.1 vs. MySQL 5.0?

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:40:49PM -0700, CSN wrote:
>
> --- Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> wrote:
> >
> > Federated Storage Engine:  Allows MySQL to access
> > tables in other
> > servers like they are here.  No real direct
> > equivalent in PostgreSQL,
> > but dblink provides similar functionality.
>
> Would that be possible with table partitions? Or
> Slony?

Slony would give you a loose approximation. Table partitioning is
unrelated. Better yet, I don't know of any reason why you can't define a
view using dblink that would duplicate the features of a federated
system. Of course it would be easier if it was in the back-end...
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