From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Donald Fraser <demolish(at)cwgsy(dot)net>, "[ADMIN]" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: uppercase = lowercase |
Date: | 2003-03-06 04:34:37 |
Message-ID: | 200303060434.h264Ybe12188@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Robert Treat wrote:
> > I'd not favor putting it into the core distribution, because that would
> > amount to a commitment to support it indefinitely, which I don't want
> > to make. contrib would be iffy for the same reason --- contrib tends
> > to have a subtext of "this might be mainstream someday, if it gets
> > polished up". gborg, no problem.
> >
> > But that's just my $0.02. Comments anyone?
> >
>
> I tend to agree with this. Perhaps what we need is some type of
> meta-howto on converting from mysql to postgresql, which would list
> specific places to find articles, custom data types, custom functions,
> or code examples that folks might want if they are converting from
> mysql. This should probably also be done for other databases as well.
> This would give another option to the current debate on supporting
> informix syntax on hackers right now, put the patch in a gborg project,
> and list it as a resource in an informix meta-howto. Obviously this
> could be done for oracle and others.. I know the information is out
> there, but it's scattered, and given the number of times we see some of
> these questions, needs to be easier to find.
This is what techdocs.postgresql.org is for.
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