Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!usenet.ukfsn.org!not-for-mail From: Martin Gregorie Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Ubunto Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 22:49:51 +0000 (UTC) Organization: UK Free Software Network Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <4e9b8cd8$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4eb6f24f$0$295$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 84.45.235.129 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: localhost.localdomain 1320619791 14077 84.45.235.129 (6 Nov 2011 22:49:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@localhost.localdomain NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 22:49:51 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:9692 On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:47:12 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 10/17/2011 5:29 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:03:04 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>> I don't think Derby and PostgreSQL are alternatives. >>> >>> You could use Derby for your development incl. unit test because it is >>> practically no install/config and PostgreSQL for your QA and >>> production for the reliability and performance. >>> >> Of course, but with PostgreSQL installed and running, the effort needed >> to add a new project/database/call it what you will is probably the >> same as it would be with Derby - and I don't need to learn another >> database's SQL syntax quirks to do it. > > But that is because you have have PostgreSQL installed and running. > True, but IIRC the initial install of PostgreSQL was pretty much a no- brainer too. The only non-straightforwardness I remember was due to me modifying the installation to move the physical database from the /var tree to /home for system management reasons. I've arranged my system so that /home is in a separate partition and that /usr/local and /usr/java as well as all PostgreSQL and Apache related user data are there as well. This means that, for a clean Linux install I can reformat everything on disk except the /home partition and know that nothing I care about will need to be restored. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |