"TJ O'Donnell" <tjo@xxxxxxx> writes: > I ran across this quote on Wikipedia at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_%28e-mail_client%29 > "Text files are also much safer than databases, in that should disk > corruption occur, most of the mail is likely to be unaffected, and any > that is damaged can usually be recovered." This is mostly FUD. You can get data out of a damaged database, too. (I'd also point out that modern filesystems are nearly as complicated as databases --- try getting your "simple" text files back if the filesystem metadata is fried.) In the end there is no substitute for a good backup policy... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
