On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:32:40AM +1100, Karen AKA Kajikit wrote: I've experienced the same thing. When is Wikipedia switching from MySQL to Postgres? Also, it is frustrating during those times when every link is a "random" link. When is Wikipedia switching from MySQL to a real ACID database (Postgres)? Jonathan -- Geek House Productions, Ltd. Providing Unix & Internet Contracting and Consulting, QA Testing, Technical Documentation, Systems Design & Implementation, General Programming, E-commerce, Web & Mail Services since 1998 Phone: 604-435-1205 Email: djw(a)reactor-core.org Webpage: http://reactor-core.org Address: 2459 E 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5R2W2

On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 04:42:16PM -0800, Brion VIBBER wrote: *cough*Postgres*cough* Anyone else agree it's time to switch to a database that is just as fast as MySQL, but does row level locking without slowing down any other concurrent database accesses, plus has roll-back and all the other nice ACID features? Jonathan -- Geek House Productions, Ltd. Providing Unix & Internet Contracting and Consulting, QA Testing, Technical Documentation, Systems Design & Implementation, General Programming, E-commerce, Web & Mail Services since 1998 Phone: 604-435-1205 Email: djw(a)reactor-core.org Webpage: http://reactor-core.org Address: 2459 E 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5R2W2

Jonathan Walther wrote: Worth a shot; I'll see if I can get it running on my test server. -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)