From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200410151610.i9FGAB207488@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Some developer FAQ links need updating
In-Reply-To: <200410151409.32652.peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:10:11 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>,
	Troels Arvin <troels@arvin.dk>, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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OK, new wording:

    <P>There are three versions of the SQL standard:  SQL-92, SQL:1999,
    and SQL:2003.  They are endorsed by ANSI and ISO.  Draft versions
    can be download from:


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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Freitag, 15. Oktober 2004 05:24 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> > I don't think so.  Some database say they are SQL99-compliant while not
> > SQL-2003 compliant.
> 
> Clearly, consenting parties are free to agree on making their products conform 
> to any standards document, be it old or new or deprecated or silly.  In the 
> same way, someone could make a product that is certified for PostgreSQL 
> 7.2.1.  Or someone could write an HTML-compliant browser, only that it might 
> be HTML 3.2.
> 
> Since we have limited resources, I think it's OK that we concentrate on 
> working with the latest official standards version.  And because the latest 
> standards version is modularized and has individual feature lists and 
> packages, it would be a lot easier for us to look good, and it would be more 
> useful for users to, say, specify a workable set of requirements for their 
> applications.
> 
> Nevertheless, it would surely be useful to list SQL92 and SQL99 as older 
> versions, just like many people still code to HTML 4.01 instead of XHTML 1.1, 
> and just like many people still use PostgreSQL 7.2.1, inspite of it not 
> conforming to any standard, as far as I know.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Eisentraut
> http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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