From: | "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> |
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To: | George Johnson <gjohnson(at)jdsc(dot)com> |
Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: one other big mysql->postgresql item |
Date: | 2000-12-12 13:53:31 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0012120851500.13839-100000@chapelperilous.net |
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, George Johnson wrote:
> In my two emails, I'm not trying to justify the horrific SQL coding habits
> of MySQL users, but presenting some of myriad user questions that might
> possibly pound the lists if you have an influx of new MySQL-converting
> users.
>
> Does that make sense? <grin>
> I think one thing one'd have to do is separate oneself from the
> philosophical/theoretical "bad SQL/good SQL" and think punch-clock. Sorta
> like Java is built to be a punch-clock language -- production grade, no new
> 'stuff'. PRACTICALLY speaking, of course :)
This is why having a guide on porting applications between the two is a
good idea, especially if we can stay away from philosophical/religious
wars and present the documentation pragmatically.
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/~bmccoy/
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Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it.
Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.
-- Perlis's Programming Proverb #58, SIGPLAN Notices, Sept. 1982
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