X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.192]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BFED1C4BF for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:17:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr4.postgresql.org [64.117.224.192]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 56457-01 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 14:16:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6E1D1C4E6 for ; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 11:17:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6LEGXQ3004456; Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:16:33 -0400 (EDT) To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Peter Eisentraut , Joe Conway , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Sch=F6nig?= , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, EG Subject: Re: dblink_ora - a first shot on Oracle ... In-reply-to: <200307211339.h6LDdTR00206@candle.pha.pa.us> References: <200307211339.h6LDdTR00206@candle.pha.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Bruce Momjian message dated "Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:39:29 -0400" Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:16:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4455.1058796993@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/498 X-Sequence-Number: 41103 Bruce Momjian writes: > I don't see the problem. I tend to agree with Peter: if dblink is going to start depending on stuff outside Postgres, it ought to be become a separate project, if only to simplify distribution and configuration issues. Perhaps it could be split into two parts, a PG-specific part and a cross-DBMS part? regards, tom lane PS: Has anyone looked any further at the SQL-MED standard? ISTM that's where we ought to head in the long run.