On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 10:14:24AM +0100, Edoardo Serra wrote: > >Now, for the interesting test. Run the import on both machines, with > >the begin; commit; pairs around it. Halfway through the import, pull > >the power cord, and see which one comes back up. Don't do this to > >servers with data you like, only test machines, obviously. For an even > >more interesting test, do this with MySQL, Oracle, DB2, etc... > > I will surely run a test like this ;) If you do, I'd be *very* interested in the results. Pervasive would probably pay for a whitepaper about this, btw (see http://www.pervasivepostgres.com/postgresql/partners_in_publishing.asp). -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461