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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Troels Arvin <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Some developer FAQ links need updating
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <[email protected]> writes:
> > There is only one current standard SQL:2003 correct? The rest are 
> > considered deprecated?
> 
> The old ones are certainly not "deprecated".
> 
> Personally I find the newer versions to be suffering from uncontrolled
> feature bloat and committee-itis.

That was my feeling too.  I know many cases the older specifications
were clearer.

Anyway, I think the new "There are three versions of the SQL standard"
wording is OK.

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