Re: SQL compatibility reminder: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 12:42 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> 2010/3/5 François Pérou <francois(dot)perou(at)free(dot)fr>:
> > * I am very surprised by the SQL level of Php developers. The example
> > Drupal developers trying to rewrite SQL queries dynamically adding
> > DISTINCT clause is just an example. So don't expect them to understand
> > the difference between MySQL and PostgreSQL. It is out of reach. They
> > focuse on Php code.
>
> I think you're still missing the point. I am sorry that the Drupal
> developers (at least in your opinion) do not understand the difference
> between MySQL and PostgreSQL, but I don't feel like it's our problem
> to fix that. As far as I can tell, no promiment member of this
> community agrees with any of the changes you are proposing.

Correct.

Not to mention as far as I understand it, 99% of this is resolved in
Drupal 7.

Joshua D. Drake

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