Re: FW: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Anony Mous <A(dot)Mous(at)shaw(dot)ca>
Cc: "'Joshua D(dot) Drake'" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FW: Postgres alongside MS SQL Server
Date: 2004-04-22 17:35:23
Message-ID: 8389.1082655323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Anony Mous <A(dot)Mous(at)shaw(dot)ca> writes:
> How is it possible for Postgresql to "freak out" and take out the machine?

On real operating systems (e.g. Unixen) it can't, because it's an
unprivileged process. I wouldn't care to make a similar statement
about Windows though.

regards, tom lane

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