Re: Where to get official SQL spec (was Re: Domain Support)

From: "Nicolas Bazin" <nbazin(at)ingenico(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>, "Hackers List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Where to get official SQL spec (was Re: Domain Support)
Date: 2002-03-22 04:20:51
Message-ID: 005101c1d158$f358e0e0$660d090a@software.ingenico.com.au
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It would be nice to add it to the docs of the project.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Rod Taylor" <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>; "Hackers List"
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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Where to get official SQL spec (was Re: Domain
Support)

> "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > I seem to have parts 1-5 .txt of sql99 on my computer here. I ftp'd
them
> > off some ftp site yonks ago. Anyone want them? Is it legal for me to
have
> > them or distribute them?
>
> My understanding of the legal situation is that what's circulating
> around the net in plain text form is *draft* versions of the spec.
> It is okay to redistribute these freely. The *official* version
> you are supposed to pay for.
>
> No, I don't know how close the drafts really are to the final.
>
> Personally I tend to consult the draft versions more than the PDF
> versions anyway, because it's vastly easier to search flat ASCII
> files than PDFs ... so I sure hope they're pretty close ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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