To: "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org>
cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org,
	pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Announcing PgSQL - a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant
	interface to PostgreSQL
In-reply-to: <200010102045.e9AKjhk28688@bajor.mug.org> 
References: <200010102045.e9AKjhk28688@bajor.mug.org>
Comments: In-reply-to "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org>
	message dated "Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:45:43 -0400"
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:06:40 -0400
Message-ID: <20507.971212000@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

"Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Sounds interesting, but isn't "pgsql" an extremely unfortunate choice of
>> name, given that it's already used as an abbreviation for "PostgreSQL"?

> PgSQL is the name of the module you import in Python to access a PostgreSQL
> database from Python using the DB-API 2.0.  The project name on SourceForge
> is "Python Interface to PostgreSQL".  Of course, it there is too much heart
> burn with the modules name, I can change it.

FWIW, my initial reaction was the same as Peter's: that name is certain
to cause confusion.  I don't want to try to force you to change it, but
I think it's not a good choice.

Don't have a better alternative to offer offhand, however.

			regards, tom lane