Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B1C72E0DD0 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:18:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 67123-03 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:18:08 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B77532E003B for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:18:08 -0400 (AST) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (190-95-27-98.bk17-dsl.surnet.cl [190.95.27.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m25JHjiT009543 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:18:23 -0800 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D304C47BF8; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:17:17 -0300 (CLST) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:17:17 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: David Fetter , Tom Lane , Bruce Momjian , Richard Huxton , PostgreSQL Docs Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres Message-ID: <20080305191717.GV4755@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <200803051502.m25F2fm03349@momjian.us> <718.1204738553@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080305174126.GM19860@fetter.org> <1029.1204739761@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080305182500.GN19860@fetter.org> <20080305103043.233761e8@jd-laptop> <20080305105307.2bcce254@jd-laptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080305105307.2bcce254@jd-laptop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:18:24 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/22 X-Sequence-Number: 4834 Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:30:43 -0800 > "Joshua D. Drake" wrote: > > > I believe there is wording that could be used that would not convey > > that sentiment. > > Such as: > > PostgreSQL is designed as a client / server architecture and does not > normally embed in an optimal way. Discussion of other product solutions > to the embedded problem is outside the scope of this document. I would suggest something less unfriendly, like "there are other open source databases that that are better suited for embedded usage." -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support