Re: A thought about other open source projects

From: Lew <noone(at)lewscanon(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: A thought about other open source projects
Date: 2010-06-21 12:30:33
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Sim Zacks wrote:
>> database agnostic code is theoretically a great idea. However, you lose
>> most of the advantages of the chosen database engine. For example, if
>> you support an engine that does not support relational integrity you
>> cannot use delete cascades.
>> The most efficient way is to have a separate backend module per
> database
>> (or db version) supported. The quickest way is to write code that will
>> work on any db but won't take advantage of db-specific features.

David Goodenough wrote:
> This is what I am trying to encourage. I am asking about the best
> way to encourage it.

You want to encourage the use of databases that don't support relational
integrity?

Really?

I think that is a simply terrible idea.

--
Lew

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