Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>, Jason McManus <mcmanus(dot)jason(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL
Date: 2006-06-30 17:29:39
Message-ID: 20060630172939.GB7035@fetter.org
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 04:22:28PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
>
>
> > > * Replication support still rudimentary.
> >
> > Hmmmm. I think that's an overly simplistic evaluation. The slony
> > replication engine is actually VERY advanced, but the
> > administrative tools consist mostly of "your brain". hehe. That
> > said, once you've learned how to drive it, it's quite amazing.
>
> I'm not sure that many people necessarily realise it, but you can
> also drive Slony directly from pgAdmin 1.4+ if slonik scripts give
> you a headache.

Last I checked, pgAdmin 1.4 doesn't help setting up clusters, which is
one of the major headaches of a Slony-I setup. I also noticed that
pgAdmin 1.6-to-be has at least some of those hooks. Any ETA on that?

Cheers,
D
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