[rt-users] migrating from MySQL to Postgres?

[Dario Landazuri]

James,

> Dario, I apologize for being slightly off-topic, but your original
> request stated you wanted to migrate from mysql to postgres to better
> utilize full text search.  I'm sure this has been discussed in other
> threads, but is their an inherent limitation in mysql that prevents this
> (ie, you need a lot more memory, faster disk access, etc, using mysql
> vs. postgres) function from working efficiently (or at all)?

No apologies necessary.

I made this decision based on Best Practical's assertions in 
full_text_indexing.pod (in the install tarball) that full text indexing 
is not supported natively in MySQL, that I'd have to install an external 
package to get it, and that I'd likely have to recompile MySQL from 
source to properly integrate MySQL with the external indexing engine.

Whereas PostgreSQL supports full text indexing natively, and I can get 
(maintained) packages for it straight from postgres.org.

(Side note: I've changed from digest subscription to full for the time 
being - no need to cc me on messages anymore)

Cheers,
Dario

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Dario Landazuri                    dario at astro.as.utexas.edu
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