[Grok-dev] Re: Apache support for Grok

[Martijn Faassen]

Rocky Burt wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
>> I wonder how much it depends on PostgreSQL specific features;
>> unfortunately most hosting setups offer MySQL.
> 
> I was a big follower of Shane's APE product at one point which aimed to
> make switching out storages fairly easy and actually supported a couple
> RDBMS'.  My understanding was the main reason Shane abandoned this and
> moved to a PostgreSQL only solution was because he required special
> features that weren't doable with standardly-supported SQL.

That was my understanding too. It would be nice if there were a hack to 
make it MySQL aware too. I'm not a big fan of MySQL, but it's what's there.

Regards,

Martijn