Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

I understand that but I have seen VM's crash.

This does bring up another point. Since postgresql is not threaded a
.NET pl would require a separate VM for each connection (unless you can
share the vm ?). One of the java pl's (pl-j)  for postgres has dealt
with this issue.
For a hundred connections that's a hundred .NET vm's or java vm's.

Is the .NET VM shareable ?

Dave

Gary Doades wrote:

> Dave Cramer wrote:
>
>> Ok, so one use case is to select a large number of rows and do some
>> non-trivial operation on them.
>> I can see where getting the rows inside the server process ( ie some
>> procedural language ) thereby reducing the round trip overhead would
>> be beneficial. However how do you deal with the lack of control ? For
>> instance what happens if you run out of memory while doing this ? I'm
>> not sure about other DB'S but if you crash the procedural language
>> inside postgres you will bring the server down.
>>
>> It would seem to me that any non-trivial operation would be better
>> handled outside the server process, even if it costs you the round trip.
>
>
> Since a .NET language is operating effectively inside a VM it is
> pretty much impossible to bring down the server that way. Only a bug
> in the .NET runtime itself will do that. The C# try/catch/finally with
> .NET global execption last chance handlers will ensure the server and
> your code is well protected.
>
> Cheers,
> Gary.
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