On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 10:50:02AM -0500,
Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
a message of 18 lines which said:
> Personally, I found it quite easy.
>
> apt-get install postgresqlp8.2
> sudo /etc/init.d/postgres-8.2 start
> sudo su - postgres
> psql
>
> 4 whole steps.
Although I regard PostgreSQL as quite simple and easy to use (I find
it easier than MySQL, for instance), your oversimplication won't help
the potential users to evalute PostgreSQL. For instance, I typically
spend a lot of time in step 5, editing pg_hba.conf and struggling to
obtain the desired effect.
Also, on non-Debian platforms, step 1 can be more complicated if I
want other languages (I use Python a lot in my stored procedures).
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