On 4/4/06, Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: (...) > Given that this page: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgDBtype > > says: > > Use ""mysql"" for working code and ""PostgreSQL"" for development/broken > code. The documentation in the MediaWiki wiki isn't always up to date, I suspect. > I'd guess that PostgreSQL support is not quite at the same level as > MySQL just yet. :) FWIW there's a file "includes/DatabasePostgreSQL.php" in the CVS head versions of MediaWiki which has at the top: /** * This is PostgreSQL database abstraction layer. * * As it includes more generic version for DB functions, * than MySQL ones, some of them should be moved to parent * Database class. * * STATUS: Working PG implementation of MediaWiki * TODO: Installer support * * @package MediaWiki */ (There's also "includes/DatabaseOracle.php" but it doesn't say anything about status). Ian Barwick
