[Asterisk-Dev] PostgreSQL support in Asterisk 1.2?

[Bob Goddard]

On Wednesday 03 Aug 2005 20:04, snacktime wrote:
> On 8/3/05, Matthew Simpson <matthew at txlink.net> wrote:
> > > MySQL is so prevalent because of its percieved easier barrier to
> > > entry... Once people start using it and it starts mangling their data
> > > without so much
> > > as a warning they think that all OSS databases suck hairy donkey balls.
> >
> > What a crock of crap.  I've been running mysql for years and never once
> > had "mangled data".
>
> I find it hard to believe that anyone who has used mysql for any
> length of time hasn't experienced how it can do unexpected things to
> your data.  Call it 'unexpected behavior', 'mangled data', or whatever
> you like.  There are a number of gotcha's in mysql where data is
> handled in non standard ways, and if you arent' aware of what they
> are, you will have mangled data.  Mangled data being defined as what
> you get back out of the database isn't what you put in.

Which version of mysql? Was it an early release? These things do tend
to get fixed. I'm sure everyone here would not be happy with someone
saying that * is crap because of a bug in version 0.1.0. I so far have
not come across any problems.


B