| From: | Thomas Swan <tswan(at)idigx(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, EG <EG(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
| Subject: | Re: dblink_ora - a first shot on Oracle ... |
| Date: | 2003-07-21 15:26:29 |
| Message-ID: | 3F1C0625.9000606@idigx.com |
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On 7/21/2003 9:16 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
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>>I don't see the problem.
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>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.
>
The ability to optionally link to another library does not necessitate a
functional dependency on it.
>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.
>
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