Re: Big disappointment with Postgres
From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:55:27 +1100
Message-ID: <iild2e$mlt$2_at_news.eternal-september.org>
Mladen Gogala wrote,on my timestamp of 6/02/2011 9:13 AM:
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:38:08 +1100, Noons wrote:
>
>> Beg your pardon? So, a hint that fixes a plan "introduces upgrade and
>> maintenance issues", but a patch to fix a specific problem with the
>> optimizer does not introduce such?
>> Hellooooooo?
>
> I posted that here because Postgres has recently been advertised as an
> alternative to Oracle. It's nothing of the kind and the people ogling it
> should be aware of that. It was foolish of me to expect otherwise. It was
> an off topic post which otherwise doesn't belong on this group, but that
> was the reason for me to put it here.
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:55:27 +1100
Message-ID: <iild2e$mlt$2_at_news.eternal-september.org>
Mladen Gogala wrote,on my timestamp of 6/02/2011 9:13 AM:
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:38:08 +1100, Noons wrote:
>
>> Beg your pardon? So, a hint that fixes a plan "introduces upgrade and
>> maintenance issues", but a patch to fix a specific problem with the
>> optimizer does not introduce such?
>> Hellooooooo?
>
> I posted that here because Postgres has recently been advertised as an
> alternative to Oracle. It's nothing of the kind and the people ogling it
> should be aware of that. It was foolish of me to expect otherwise. It was
> an off topic post which otherwise doesn't belong on this group, but that
> was the reason for me to put it here.
It's good to have this sort of thing exposed. These morons rely too much on their little forums where everyone jumps the same way when the whistle sounds. They need to be shown clearly that they are a vast minority, unlike what their cozy little corners lead them to believe. Received on Sat Feb 05 2011 - 23:55:27 CST