Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?

On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 10:35:48AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

> I understand the idea but I personally don't like it. I am not
> really interested in cross-database compatible code. 9 times out of
> 10 it is hacky, slow and lacks a solid supportable model because you
> are always taking into account *the other* databases the application
> supports.
>
> And to be frank, I don't think we should waste our time on MySQL. It
> isn't a competitor, it just thinks it is. We should focus on our
> real competition which is DB2, MSSQL, and Oracle.
>
> If we want to create contrib modules that have types etc... that
> help port from Oracle to PostgreSQL or DB2 to PostgreSQL I am all
> for it.
>
> The first thing that comes to mind is a set of domains that
> implement Oracle types (names) as PostgreSQL types.
>
> Here's a start ;)
>
> postgres=# create domain varchar2 AS text;
> CREATE DOMAIN
> postgres=# create domain clob as text;
> CREATE DOMAIN
> postgres=# create domain blob as bytea;
> CREATE DOMAIN
> postgres=# create domain number as integer;
> CREATE DOMAIN
> postgres=#

postgres=# CREATE TABLE dual();
CREATE TABLE

Cheers,
D
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