X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from spampd.localdomain (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BEA4475A80 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:10:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from filer (12-234-86-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.86.219]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB27A474E44 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 05:10:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1000) by filer with local; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 02:10:42 -0700 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 02:10:42 -0700 From: Kevin Brown To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Are we losing momentum? Message-ID: <20030415091042.GA1833@filer> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Brown , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org References: <200304142237.h3EMbvv13720@candle.pha.pa.us> <2703.1050364467@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20030415015217.GA96608@rcfile.org> <5758.1050388837@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5758.1050388837@sss.pgh.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: Frobozzco International X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-35.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) X-Archive-Number: 200304/481 X-Sequence-Number: 37971 Tom Lane wrote: > Curt Sampson writes: > > That's a pretty reasonable thought. I work for a shop that sells > > Postgres support, and even we install MySQL for the Q&D ticket tracking > > system we recommend because we can't justify the cost to port it to > > postgres. If the postgres support were there, we would surely be using it. > > > How to fix such a situation, I'm not sure. "MySQL Compatability Mode," > > anyone? :-) > > What issues are creating a compatibility problem for you? Erm...reserved words? "Freeze" is a reserved word, for instance, and that actually bit me when converting an MS-SQL database... I have no problem with reserved words in principle, at least when they refer to the SQL-standard commands and their options, but it's not clear that turning options (such as FREEZE) for PG-specific commands (such as VACUUM) into reserved words is a good idea. But it may not be possible to avoid it, unfortunately. :-( -- Kevin Brown kevin@sysexperts.com