| From: | Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Ben Clewett <B(dot)Clewett(at)roadrunner(dot)uk(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: For the ametures. (related to "Are we losing momentum?") |
| Date: | 2003-04-17 12:10:09 |
| Message-ID: | 200304171410.09900.barwick@gmx.net |
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On Thursday 17 April 2003 13:44, Ben Clewett wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> A brief defence of my posting. After which I'll retire to my side of
> the fence :)
(snip)
> >>- Data types like 'ENUM' which appeal to ametures.
> >
> > Isn't that just syntactic sugar for a column with a check for specific
> > values on it?
>
> Yes :) By point is not that PostgreSQL is lacking, only that the
> ameture finds others more friendly and inviting.
>
> Although this may be a point which is irrelevent?
Probably ;-) because MySQL too lacks a few "user friendly" features
(like boolean datatypes).
Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net
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