Re: [GENERAL] Future of PostgreSQL

On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Clark C. Evans wrote:
> > Plug-in Oracle 7 compatibility.
>
> I know we have (and have for awhile) a good deal of Oracle
> compatibility...what do you mean by 'Plug-In Oracle 7 compatibility'?

Plug in Oracle compatibility would mean being able to drop a PostgreSQL server
as a replacement to an Oracle server and not having to reconfigure any clients,
rewrite any SQL, and basically not even know that the database server has been
changed.

I personally don't think that 100% drop-in Oracle Compatibility is a good goal
-- see Philip Greenspun's Oracle Tips page at
http://photo.net/wtr/oracle-tips.html. He also has some real good points
about LONG types and oracle CLOBs -- tips that are very worth reading, IMO.

I want my long texts to be transparent to my tcl code -- I want to index them
for speed, and I want full functionality -- I don't want CLOBS (a takeoff on
Postgres/Illustra large objects, IIANM).

....

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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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