[mythtv] More ideas on PostgreSQL support, comments welcome

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Wed Sep 1 11:16:46 EDT 2004


On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 10:59:13AM -0400, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> >Funny, *I* thought I had seen people make the point that a database
> >engine which randomly corrupts it's tables being used as underpinning
> >for an appliance wasn't, perhaps, the best idea.
> 
> Funny, I've never had a table "randomly" corrupted.   I myself prefer 
> Postgres over MySQL, but MySQL works just fine for Myth in my experience.

None of the reports I've seen point to even a general cause, myself,
but I'm not a statistical universe.

MySQL v. PostGreSQL arguments tend to run along the lines of
pro-life/pro-reproductive-rights arguments, though (much heat, little
light, two people arguing completely different issues), and I'm not
about to perpetuate one here.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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