I recently ran into some frustrating behavior with PostgreSQL 8.3.4 on Linux with a RoR app. I could create a database, I could could connect to it from the command line or even with script/console. However, when I tried to run the app via Phusion Passenger I was getting this error:

/!\ FAILSAFE /!\ Tue Apr 06 23:19:47 +0000 2010 ( Read more... )

We've been using Kerberos as part of our single signon solution at $WORK. We also use PostgreSQL for most of our database needs. Well, for the Rails apps, anyway ( Read more... )

Could your company switch from a commercial database to an OSS database? Are you sure? Are you *really* sure? Do you *really* know the differences between your COTS database's capabilities versus your OSS database of choice?

I'm probably not going to make it to OSCON this year, but if there's one talk I *really* want to see it's this one. No, ( Read more... )

Check out EnterpriseDB. It looks like they have some extra Oracle compatibility products to boot.

One of the more enjoyable aspects of this Rails project I'm working on is that I have absolute control over the schema. It's so rare that I have this opportunity. I'm usually forced to deal with an already existant schema. I am basing it somewhat on the old schema, but I've changed quite a few things ( Read more... )