X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 928FD9FA192 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:01:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90149-01 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:01:20 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from fetter.org (dsl092-188-065.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A229FA0EC for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:01:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 252F3C62BA; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:01:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:01:19 -0700 From: David Fetter To: Tom Lane Cc: Scott Marlowe , Jason McManus , pgsql general Subject: Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL Message-ID: <20060630180119.GD7035@fetter.org> References: <1151680333.13129.55.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <24350.1151681944@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20060630173037.GC7035@fetter.org> <25395.1151689313@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25395.1151689313@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/1238 X-Sequence-Number: 97610 On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 01:41:53PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > David Fetter writes: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 11:39:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >> It might be worth pointing out that mysql's replication falls > >> over if you so much as look at it crosseyed. I have not had to > >> use it for production purposes, but I can tell you that the mysql > >> replication regression tests fail ... irreproducibly of course > >> ... almost one time in two in Red Hat's build environment. > > > Are those tests, or at least descriptions of them, available? > > Sure, it's just the standard "make test" sequence in mysql's source. Uh oh. I'm a little worried about writing tests based on GPLed code for Slony-I or other replication systems. Might these need to be clean-roomed? Cheers, D -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote!