Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C4022E0375 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:40:32 -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 70098-10 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:40:26 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A422E0303 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:40:26 -0400 (AST) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id D437EFBCF9F; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:40:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:40:24 -0800 From: David Fetter To: "Joshua D. Drake" Cc: Tom Lane , Bruce Momjian , Richard Huxton , PostgreSQL Docs Subject: Re: FAQ on Embedding Postgres Message-ID: <20080305194024.GA10390@fetter.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 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/24 X-Sequence-Number: 4836 On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:53:07AM -0800, 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 Good so far. > and does not normally embed in an optimal way. While could be twisted around to be factually true--it's possible to ship a VM as part of a software package, for example--it's at best misleading. Let's just cut the weasel words out. > Discussion of other product solutions to the embedded problem is > outside the scope of this document. As Alvaro said, it should be possible to put this in a positive light. I still think it is good to name a few places to start the research on embedded SQL DBMSs rather than leave people with the feeling of, "It's all up to you from here. Go away." Cheers, David. -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate