Comments on: Migrating from/to MySQL to/from Postgresql http://www.randombugs.com/linux/migrating-fromto-mysql-tofrom-postgresql.html Just another Bastard Operator From Hell. Everything from *nix to programming Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Treat http://www.randombugs.com/linux/migrating-fromto-mysql-tofrom-postgresql.html/comment-page-1#comment-608 Robert Treat Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:38:11 +0000 http://www.randombugs.com/?p=322#comment-608 There are other ways to do the "complicated" things he mentions above, and some of the "simple" things he thinks mysql can do aren't as useful or simple as stated. I'm not sure if the author lacks either the knowledge or desire to straighten this out, but it seems worth mentioning that many of the examples here can be simplified if you want, despite the authors assertions. quick case in point; in the first example, if you are root, you could configure your system to allow you to connect simply via just "psql -U username -d dbname", which is just as simple as mysql when you factor in needing to issue a use command to get at your data. There are other ways to do the “complicated” things he mentions above, and some of the “simple” things he thinks mysql can do aren’t as useful or simple as stated. I’m not sure if the author lacks either the knowledge or desire to straighten this out, but it seems worth mentioning that many of the examples here can be simplified if you want, despite the authors assertions.

quick case in point; in the first example, if you are root, you could configure your system to allow you to connect simply via just “psql -U username -d dbname”, which is just as simple as mysql when you factor in needing to issue a use command to get at your data.

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