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Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

loftux — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:14:14 GMT

If I am not incorrect, there will be no free version of MySQL that supports InnoDb (a requirement for Alfresco)http://www.mysql.com/products/How will this affect Alfresco?Will Postgresql be the main supported database for Community edition?Will Mysql go enterprise only?I think one important thing he

Re: Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

loftux — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:51:49 GMT

Maybe I was to quick to draw conclusions.
Clarifications on Twitter now saying this is only a price change, and that MySQL Community edition still will be available for download, InnoDB included.

But who nows what Oracle is up to next, migration option/path to Postgresql still interesting.

Re: Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

mrogers — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:55:41 GMT

This question was asked at Alfresco DevCon.

Seems to have been a storm in a tea-cup and a badly written document from Oracle.

Re: Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

stevericker — Mon, 16 May 2011 03:48:42 GMT

Now that the bundled versions of Alfresco now come with PostgresQL, we are looking to see how we can migrate/convert from MySQL to PostgreSQL in version 3.4 (actually Enterprise 3.4.0 to 3.4.1).

Is it possible to do a complete export and then import as Loftux mentions, but in 3.4, as a means of getting from MySQL to PostgreSQL?

Re: Oracle charging for MySQL - what it means for Alfresco

mrogers — Mon, 16 May 2011 08:50:44 GMT

You don't need to switch unless you want to, I suggest you continue to use MySQL if you are happy with it.