This is the documented path to my discovery of PostgreSQL 8.3, which I’ve never used before. Now that MySQL‘s community is getting hammered to death by Sun, and thanks to all the good things I’ve heard about it over the years (including enhanced performance on multicore systems and greater scalability), I really wanted to install it and play with it.

Frankly, it’s not easy. At all (actually this is why I think MySQL is so popular, because of the ease of installation!) So hang tight and read on. Continue reading →