Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:28:22 +0200
From: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail@webthatworks.it>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Drupal and PostgreSQL - performance issues?
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:42:33 -0700
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:

> Mikkel H=C3=B8gh wrote:
> > On 14/10/2008, at 11.40, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>=20
> > That might be true, if the only demographic you are looking for
> > are professional DBAs, but if you're looking to attract more
> > developers, not having sensible defaults is not really a good
> > thing. While I'll probably take the time to learn more about how
> > to tune PostgreSQL, the common Drupal-developer developer will
> > probably just say "Ah, this is slow, I'll just go back to
> > MySQL=E2=80=A6".
>=20
> Developers should be familiar with the platforms they develop for.
> If they are not and they are not willing to learn them they
> shouldn't use it.

They may be willing to get familiar if they understand the platform
is suited for their needs.
Sometimes they don't know their needs ;)

--=20
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it