From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres |
Date: | 2008-03-05 17:41:26 |
Message-ID: | 20080305174126.GM19860@fetter.org |
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On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 12:35:53PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Richard Huxton wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > David Fetter wrote:
> >>> If you really need to embed an
> >>> SQL engine in a binary, consider the excellent
> >>> <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a>
> >>
> >> or <a href="http://http://www.firebirdsql.org/">Firebird</a>
> >>
> > for the purpose.
> >>
> >> Just to be fair.
>
> > sqlite seems much more appropriate for embedding.
>
> Is it really a good idea to be recommending particular other
> products? And don't forget that the next thing on that list would
> be mysql.
>
> If we need a FAQ entry on this at all, I'd stop after David's first
> two sentences.
Stopping there seems like a very bad idea from a public relations
point of view. Making the suggestion generic and naming several FLOSS
DBs as an alternative might work better.
Cheers,
David.
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