Re: embedded postgres

What do you mean by embedded ?
Do you have a persistent storage ? Flash or disk ? That would be
something you'll
need regardless. If you have a Flash secondary storage, then the writes
will shorten
the life of your flash. Otherwise, PG has a very smal foot print and can
be used in
most "embedded" environment based on what is embedded today...

Your questions are really
- do you have persistent storage
- do you have sufficient ram (PG not requiring as much as Oracle)
- There is also the issue of DB Maintenance (vacuumming) that PG still
requires it
I think in 7.4 the plan is to make that automatic....

Bruno Wolff III wrote:

>On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:57:39 -0700,
> Rick Gigger <rick(at)alpinenetworking(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
>>Is there an embedded version of postgres that I could compile into a desktop
>>app? I would just use embedded mysql but I don't want to GPL my code or pay
>>them for a licence, plus all of the code was already built for postgres
>>server.
>>
>>
>
>You might want to look into this issue more carefully. If your application just
>uses a gpl program you don't have to gpl your application since it is a separate
>application. If you were actually making changes to the database AND
>distributing it then the changes would need to be gpl'd. Even then there
>might be a loophole for an embedded modified database server since you
>wouldn't necessarily be seen as distributing the binaries if the customers
>didn't have access to them.
>
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