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

>>>>> "sm" == scott marlowe <scott.marlowe> writes:

>> will ungracefully kill the DB process(es).  Doesn't matter what DB (or
>> any other application) you're running, you *can* lose data this way.

sm> While it is possible to lose a non-committed transaction, WAL prevents the
sm> database from becoming corrupted.  Assuming proper fsyncing of your hard
sm> drives (i.e. SCSI, or IDE with write cache disabled)

So you're saying it is not possible to corrupt the WAL if the process
is ungracefully killed by the OS?

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