Re: SQL feature requests

Chuck McDevitt wrote:

>Tom, it isn't just a case of "convenience". When we are trying to
>convert users from another database (say Oracle for example) to
>PostgeSQL, one of the big stumbling blocks that slows down the work is
>all the little query changes that people have to make (people who might
>not have written the query as well), and it can require the review of
>hundreds or thousands of SQL scripts and applications. The harder it
>is, the more reluctant they are to convert.
>
>Sometimes supporting "de-facto" standards as well as official standards
>makes sense.
>
>

One of the ways "de-facto" standards are even better than standards is
that there are even more of them. Which de-facto standard should we
follow: Oracle, MySQL, or MS SQL Server? Note that following all of
them is a bad idea, as one persons convience is another persons
stumbling block.

Brian