There's be mention made of the fact that OS X Lion Server ships with PostgreSQL as it's standard database rather than MySQL.
Can anyone confirm:
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It this specific to server or does OS X Lion "client" ship with it too?
I can see indications in the file system on my Mac that it might be
included but don't know whether they're the result of a previous
aborted Postgres install I did on my machine pre-Lion or just some
form of standardisation of directory structures that stops short of
an actual install. -
Is this intended for use as an end user database or is it just supporting functionality within the OS?
Best Answer
On OS X Lion "client", here's what you can find:
So no binary or similar on a default install (yet there are c/c++ headers) and rails stuff. (note I have Xcode 4.1 installed, and this is where all these Header files may have come from).
2) OS X doesn't use a relational database for anything as far as I know. If it's there is to support development or, well, the service itself.