X-Original-To: pgsql-advocacy-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37AB6D1BA98; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:03:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99936-09; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:03:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 121E0D1D370; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:03:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i3ND3Dn29920; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:03:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200404231303.i3ND3Dn29920@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: What can we learn from MySQL? In-Reply-To: <4088B944.1050007@familyhealth.com.au> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:03:13 -0400 (EDT) Cc: PostgreSQL-development , PostgreSQL advocacy X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200404/145 X-Sequence-Number: 4117 Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > My question is, "What can we learn from MySQL?" I don't know there is > > anything, but I think it makes sense to ask the question. > > > > Questions I have are: > > I have already told Bruce at length about the single most common > complaint in the phpPgAdmin lists and in the IRC channel: the inability > to change column types. I think we should listen to the punters on that > one. Yea, I will push that for 7.5. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073