postgresql support

[Bernhard Auzinger]

Am Freitag 17 Oktober 2008 21:15:15 schrieb Mark Kretschmann:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Bernhard Auzinger
>
> <nordpolcamper at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Am Freitag 17 Oktober 2008 19:41:34 schrieb Soren Harward:
> >> On Friday 17 October 2008 13:30:23 Bernhard Auzinger wrote:
> >> > I recently wanted to upgrade to amarok2 (1.90) but did not find any
> >> > support for postgresql databases. Has the support be gone or will it
> >> > be implemented later in the development?
> >>
> >> The only database back end that currently exists in Amarok 2 is the
> >> MySQL embedded server.  Regular MySQL server support will come back some
> >> time in the future as a "do it yourself by editing the config file"
> >> option.  But PostgreSQL is gone and won't be coming back, and neither
> >> will support for any other database.
> >
> > Oh, that's a pitty. I really like the postgresql rdbms. But on the other
> > hand I can understand that it can be difficult for the developers to
> > maintain an interface for different databases.
> >
> > What does "mysql embedded server" mean? Is it a reduced version of the
> > mysql database server or is it called embedded beacause it's integrated
> > into amarok2's source code?
>
> It's exactly the same as a normal MySQL setup, except that it does not
> require any configuration like setting up a DB user, etc. And it does
> not start a dedicated mysqld process, but runs in the Amarok process.

Sounds great :). Thank you for your information.

Rgds
Bernhard