Re: Using Postgres as an alias

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Using Postgres as an alias
Date: 2007-10-01 02:41:26
Message-ID: 47005E56.5010405@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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Steve Atkins wrote:

> If someone has a problem and they come to the pg community for help
> and the very first thing they get in response to their plea for help is
> a "polite correction", that is also rude and unhelpful. If it's the only
> answer they get it's even worse.

+1! And NOT only when someone comes to the pg community.

The same applies when customers ask software vendors about products
using Postgre. And management asking their engineering group about
their use of Postgre.

> It doesn't need to be intentionally rude to be rude.

Even apart from being rude, this "polite correction" is at best a waste of time.

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