Re:It's 2026, Just Use Postgres
by kiwicopple on Friday February 06, 2026 @01:04PM
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> Why is there no InnoDB for PostgreSQL?
(we maintain OrioleDB) Mostly because the TAM API isn't mature enough yet. Hopefully we can upstream more patches so that it's possible
> undo-based MVCC storage engine project stall?
From what I could gather, it ran out of steam simply because of the difficulty of the task. There is a lot of work involved to get the requisite patches into core and the community are (correctly) cautious
(we maintain OrioleDB) Mostly because the TAM API isn't mature enough yet. Hopefully we can upstream more patches so that it's possible
> undo-based MVCC storage engine project stall?
From what I could gather, it ran out of steam simply because of the difficulty of the task. There is a lot of work involved to get the requisite patches into core and the community are (correctly) cautious