Re: Status on 7.0

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
Cc: Jan Wieck <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Status on 7.0
Date: 2000-06-02 16:01:09
Message-ID: 200006021601.MAA15782@candle.pha.pa.us
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Already added to TODO list.

> > Can I ask how our big open items for 7.0 are doing:
>
> istm that pg_dump could benefit greatly if it translated internal
> Postgres type names to the SQL92-standard names. For example, int4 ->
> integer, int8 -> bigint, etc. This would be analogous to the
> translation we do when parsing queries in the backend, converting
> (e.g.) integer -> int4.
>
> This feature would make it a bit easier to move databases around, esp.
> away from Postgres for those who have to...
>
> Anyone interested in looking at this? If not, can you add it to the
> ToDo Bruce?
>
> - Thomas
>
> --
> Thomas Lockhart lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu
> South Pasadena, California
>

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