pg.ddx.io  pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org mailing list archive  

help / color / mirror / Atom feed

From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: ghatpande@vsnl.net, Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com>
Cc: pgsql hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: First step towards Intelligent, integrateddatabase
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:38:08 -0800
Message-ID: <4CF70690.6050703@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FDE4580-04F7-4530-BDBE-078BD91321AA@nasby.net>
References: <e66387cf27cb.4cf66784@vsnl.net>
	<87F42982BF2B434F831FCEF4C45FC33E4209B193@EXCHANGE.corporate.connx.com>
	<e4c6b847677.4cf66dc4@vsnl.net>
	<15327.1291214468@sss.pgh.pa.us>
	<4CF662C5.70109@dunslane.net>
	<4FDE4580-04F7-4530-BDBE-078BD91321AA@nasby.net>


> Something that did what Pavel mentioned:
> 
> SELECT name, parent->name FROM children;
> 
> would be very useful. It means you no longer have to write explicit joins (or perhaps more accurately, you no longer have to specify exactly how to join the two tables).

Already exists:
http://htsql.org/


-- 
                                  -- Josh Berkus
                                     PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
                                     http://www.pgexperts.com

view thread (18+ messages)  latest in thread

Message-ID: <4CF70690.6050703@agliodbs.com>
Permalink:  ../4CF70690.6050703@agliodbs.com/
Also on:    postgresql.org/message-id/4CF70690.6050703@agliodbs.com

copy link · copy postgr.es

reply

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
  reply via email

  To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
  Cc: josh@agliodbs.com, jim@nasby.net, andrew@dunslane.net, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us, DCorbit@connx.com
  Subject: Re: Proposal: First step towards Intelligent, integrateddatabase
  In-Reply-To: <4CF70690.6050703@agliodbs.com>

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox