Re: Using PostgreSQL As A Personal Database

From: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using PostgreSQL As A Personal Database
Date: 2004-11-22 21:07:17
Message-ID: 41A25505.8020109@3times25.net
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Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 14:55:50 -0500,
> Jeff Flowers <duckfoo(at)fastmail(dot)fm> wrote:
>
>>So my question is: how much data needs to be stored before PostgreSQL is
>>worth the effort? Also, do people even use PostgreSQL at home for
>>personal, non-weblog stuff?
>
>
> The amount of data isn't the main consideration. Postgres would be useful
> if you wanted to have queries about you comic books use an index or if
> there was some data about them that had rules you wanted enforced.
>
> I would think it would be overkill to use postgres if you are just
> occasionally adding the names to the list and will just want the whole
> list if there is an accident.

That kind of collection, I suspect it would be nice to sort by:

title,
date,
value,

So I would suspect putting them into a database would prove to be quite
useful.

I've cataloged my toothpick collection in this way.

--
Until later, Geoffrey

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