Open Enterprise: The PostgreSQL Open Source Database Blog from EnterpriseDB » postgresql 8.4 http://blogs.enterprisedb.com Commentary, tutorials, and announcements surrounding PostgreSQL, Postgres Plus, and open source. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:21:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 How to Install Postgres Binaries (in One Click) http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2009/11/03/how-to-install-postgres-binaries-in-one-click/ http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2009/11/03/how-to-install-postgres-binaries-in-one-click/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:31 +0000 Scott Mead http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/?p=174 In the Linux world, many people have come to rely on (for better or worse) their distribution package management. Personally, I feel that until this is fixed, Linux will never be a mainstream desktop OS. The problem with using your OS package manager for installing Postgres is that there are no real consistency guidelines from vendor to vendor. How do we get around this problem? Simple!

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How to Install Postgres Binaries (in One Click)]]> http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2009/11/03/how-to-install-postgres-binaries-in-one-click/feed/ 32 PostgreSQL 8.4 Released http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2009/07/06/postgresql-84-released/ http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/2009/07/06/postgresql-84-released/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:03:11 +0000 Jim Mlodgenski http://blogs.enterprisedb.com/?p=17 Last week, the PostgreSQL community announced the general availability of PostgreSQL 8.4. This is another great release from the community with a number of great new features such as analytical functions and even deeper security. All worthy features to be highlighted as the headline of the release, but the true headline feature is not even part of the core engine. In conjunction with the 8.4 release, Bruce Momjian is in the process of releasing pg_migrator as an external project that allows users to upgrade their database in place. While most databases has had this functionality for years, it is something that PostgreSQL has lacked and in my opinion has held PostgreSQL back from deeper enterprise adoption. Previously, to move to a new major release, users would need to export their data from the old version and then import it into the new version. This works well when the database is small, but if the database is large, it could mean hours or days of downtime to upgrade the database along with at least double the storage to hold the two copies. This is completely unacceptable to  enterprises that need to maintain a 24×7 environment. I believe that pg_migrator has cleared on the the few major technical hurdles preventing PostgreSQL from widespread commercial adoption.

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