Re: Open source databases '60 per cent cheaper'

On 11/24/06, Jim Nasby <jim.nasby@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> The downside to pgCluster (and the synchronous pgpool replication as
> well) is that it's statement-based. That means something like
>
> INSERT INTO table VALUES( ..., now(), ... );
>
> Doesn't work right at all.

Umm, as this is the second incorrect statement you've made about
PGCluster, perhaps you really should spend some time reading the docs
before posting.  Just for the record, PGCluster does support proper
replication of now().

> I'll agree with Josh Drake that the demand for synchronous
> replication isn't as great as the hype (or the demand for async), but
> it definitely does exist.

Agreed.

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