Re: SQL compatibility reminder: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Wolfgang Wilhelm <wolfgang20121964(at)yahoo(dot)de>
Subject: Re: SQL compatibility reminder: MySQL vs PostgreSQL
Date: 2010-03-08 21:11:09
Message-ID: 4B9567ED.3040005@dunslane.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Yes, I think we should narrowly list things we don't want to do.
> The current wording reads like "we aren't interested in adopting any
> MySQL ideas", which I don't think is actually the project consensus,
> not to mention that it doesn't look good from a PR standpoint.
>
>
>

Indeed. We are always open to good ideas, I hope.

The really obvious candidate of missing functionality from MySQL hasn't
even been mentioned in this thread, AFAIK: some form of insert_or_update.

cheers

andrew

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