PDXPUG
Where: FreeGeek, 1731 SE 10th
When: 16 April 2009, 7pm
What: Tales from the Crater: Or how PostgreSQL can solve your MySQL woes

Chris will present real-life experiences maintaining a large transaction-based MySQL database and efforts to port the data to PostgreSQL. He'll discuss helpful features in both database solutions and workarounds for those that are missing. Who knows - we may even find some areas PostgreSQL can improve to be more competitive!

As always, beer afterwards at the Lucky Lab, 3 blocks away.

Who: Chris May
I am a database expert for NVIDIA, working in Beaverton. I consult with other programmers to achieve better performance and reliability for internal database-driven tools. I have worked extensively with MS SQL over the last 14 years and to a lesser extent with MySQL and PostgreSQL. I currently maintain a mix of databases using all three solutions. I speak three languages fluently, which has actually helped my ability to learn programming languages (It's all just vocabulary and syntax, after all). It also adds depth to my store of swear words when I debug particularly annoying code.

Chris's haiku bio:
Cali transplant true
lives the life of a true geek
make my SQL sing