Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: rainer(dot)klute(at)epost(dot)de, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, klute(at)rainer-klute(dot)de
Subject: Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities
Date: 2003-10-03 16:12:58
Message-ID: 3F7DA00A.9060901@commandprompt.com
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>> + CREATE SCHEMA: Sometimes a schema created in PostgreSQL
>> disappears if there is nothing in it.
>>
>>
>
>This is more than a bit hard to believe. Can you give an example?
>
>

We use schema's ALOT in our applications. I have yet to see this happen.

>> + PostgreSQL does not support the NUMBER keyword without (...)
>> i.e. something in parenthesis following it.
>>
>>
>
>Don't follow this one either. We don't have NUMBER --- are you speaking
>of NUMERIC? If so, I'm not aware of any context where you're required
>to put a precision on NUMERIC. Again, may we see an example?
>
>

Ditto.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

> regards, tom lane
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