Re: SQL feature requests

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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.

That is not the goal of the project.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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