On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Erick Papadakis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Some newbie questions that the archive search did not help me
> with.
>
> 1. Will PGSQL work on CentOS? Should I download RH Enterprise
> 3.0 binaries? Or RedHat 9.0 binaries?
>
> 2. Is there a startup kit with 6-7 easy install steps for a
> TOTAL NEWBIE? MySQL seems to be pretty easy to install (sorry
> for this comparison, but I have no choice). I tried some
> recommended links at www.phpbuilder.com etc, but they mention
> things that just dont work (e.g., execute linuxconf at the
> 'command prompt' -- well it doesn't work for me).
>
> 3. This comes a bit later in the game, but are there any scripts
> or easy ways to convert a MySQL database into PGSQL database?
>
Sorry, not a linux person. For mysql->postgres, I use SQL::Translator,
a set of perl modules. Postgres also comes with two scripts to do it.
Sean
