Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:17:38 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: polinsky@acm.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Freebsd6.0 and postgresql Message-ID: <20060424141701.Y34052@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <444cd053b2c430.26135968@nyct.net> References: <444cd053b2c430.26135968@nyct.net>
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, polinsky@acm.org wrote: > I have an important database comprised of about 380 tables and several > gigs of space currently running on Posgresql 7.4. and Freebsd 6.0. I > have been contemplating moving the database to the 8 series, possibly > postgresql 8.1. I would have no problem in dumping the data, recreating > the tables under 8.1, if requried, and then re-loading the data. I have > been concerned about the seeming lack of interfaces to the 8 series. I > have the perly, pythopn, ruby and odbc sources installed for postgresql > 7.4. I have not seen similar dirvers for the 8 series in the ports > system. Can I continue to use the same drivers with the new database or > will I experience some other problems? Yes ... all of our servers, 4.x and 6.x, are using postgresql81-client, and each of the interfaces you list above are installed over various machines, without any problems ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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