Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)

From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)
Date: 2008-04-18 17:27:58
Message-ID: 200804181027.58410@hal.medialogik.com
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On Friday 18 April 2008, Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org> wrote:
> I note in the blog that the "in place upgrade" issue came up.
> (Interesting to observe that it *also* came up pretty prominently in
> the intro session at PG East... This is obviously a matter of Not
> Inconsiderable Interest...)

Upgrades are certainly the biggest PostgreSQL operational issue for me.

Uhh, boss, I need to bring the database down for 3 days to do an upgrade.
Yes, that means clients can't do anything during that time. Boss - !!(at)#@#$#

Hence why I'm still running 8.1 ....

--
Alan

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