Re: [GENERAL] Suggestion

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: muhammad umar <whiplash77_77(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Suggestion
Date: 2003-04-03 18:08:28
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0304031108030.20048-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, muhammad umar wrote:

> hello,
> im using PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu,
> compiled by GCC 2.96.
> i have a suggestion for the name of this DBMS, and
> that it should not be PostgreSQL but it should be
> PregreSQL, as im feeling its a DBMS that perhaps might
> be used 100 years ago,,proof for this is its
> techniques for showing errors that if we have a 1400
> lines sql query contain some error,,it give error as "
> parse error at or near <some column name>" ,,now if
> that column is used at several places ,,we might have
> to browse the whole of the cream.......
> this is one of example of the limit of stupidity this
> DBMS having,,,
> this used to waste the time that should be spent in
> development...so consider changing the name of this
> stupid DBMS,,

Two suggestions:

1: No one is twisting your arm, feel free to switch to something else.
2: Patches happily accepted.

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