Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?

From: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?
Date: 2003-06-01 21:57:27
Message-ID: 20030601215727.GA65470@perrin.int.nxad.com
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> > Now, not only can we emulate "show tables", but people can easily
> > add application-specific "show whatever" commands, which seems
> > tremendously cool.
>
> We already have that. They're called views.

Um, I'm interested in aiding in the conversion of users from MySQL to
PostgreSQL (how ever it happens, I don't really care). Tom and Rod
are interested in an extensible/programmable SHOW syntax (very cool
and much more interesting than the hack I put together). Views solve
none of the above problems. -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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