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Remove me from your email chain. > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:44:34 +0100 > Subject: Re: Need Some Recent Information on the Differences between Postgres and MySql > From: dpage@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: andreas.kretschmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:22 AM, A. Kretschmer > <andreas.kretschmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In response to Dave Page : > >> On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Thom Brown <thombrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > Didn't PostgreSQL used to have more than 1 storage engine in the past? > >> > I thought I read somewhere it did, but it was decided it was a > >> > compromise on stability and/or quality, so ended up using a single > >> > kick-ass engine? > >> > >> Yes, many, many moons ago. > > > > Really? Do you have a link? > > Hmm, I think I misread Thom's question. The smgr API used to be far > more rigidly designed as I understand it, to allow the possibility of > having different storage engines (for example, maybe one that used raw > devices). I don't know that any other storage engines were ever > actually written though. > > -- > Dave Page > EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com > The Enterprise Postgres Company > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now. |
