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From: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
To: David Fetter <[email protected]>
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Richard Huxton <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Docs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:43 -0800
Message-ID: <20080305103043.233761e8@jd-laptop> (raw)
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:25:00 -0800
David Fetter <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's good to explain why PG does what it does how it does it, and that
> should be in that section of the FAQ, but continuing, even by silence,
> with an answer equivalent to, "We don't do that.  You shouldn't
> either.  Tough $#!+" only makes us look bad, where suggesting
> alternatives for the use cases we don't cover makes us look good.

I believe there is wording that could be used that would not convey
that sentiment.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

> 
> Cheers,
> David.


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