X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539B59FC223; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:56:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39964-07; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:56:42 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA619FC21E; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:56:42 -0300 (ADT) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0FE98F3D3CB; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:56:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:56:41 -0700 From: David Fetter To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL-documentation Subject: Re: [HACKERS] New XML section for documentation Message-ID: <20060826185640.GP11427@fetter.org> References: <20060826002422.GF11427@fetter.org> <200608260037.k7Q0bJU26315@momjian.us> <20060826150448.GJ11427@fetter.org> <200608262038.44279.peter_e@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608262038.44279.peter_e@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.182 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/60 X-Sequence-Number: 3678 On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 08:38:43PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > David Fetter wrote: > > We claim SQL standard compliance, > > No, we don't. And SQL conformance doesn't require you to implement > all parts anyway. Right. It'd be nice to be able to tell what level of conformance we have to which parts of the standard. > > so since those are part of SQL:2003, we probably ought to mention > > them. SQL/PSM is a programming language that lives inside the > > database, and DB2 and MySQL have it. SQL/MED lets people talk to > > other data stores. SQL/OLB appears to be derived from equel, > > which we have as ecpg. SQL/Schemata contains the information > > schema. SQL/JRT appears to bear some similarity to PL/Java and > > PL/J. > > It's pretty useless to talk about stuff that we don't have yet. I think it's useful to mention what's arriving, what's being worked on, and what's not even being contemplated in the long term. > The point of the XML section is that we have a number of things, and > users are having trouble (understandably) fitting them together. Similar troubles apply--on a smaller scale--to the information schema, SQL/OLB, SQL/JRT, etc. Cheers, D -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote!