Re: Usability, MySQL, Postgresql.org, gborg, contrib,

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Usability, MySQL, Postgresql.org, gborg, contrib,
Date: 2004-05-07 18:06:55
Message-ID: 409BD03F.2090801@bigfoot.com
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>>
>> plpgsql is more close to postgres then plPython or plPerl, and after
>> all is nearest SQL then plPtyhton or plPerl so a DBA find it more
>> confortable then others languages.
>
>
> DBA probably... programmer? Doubtful. The majority of people that I run
> into that are using PostgreSQL are not DBA's. They are programmers
> trying to do it a better way. Providing plPerl or plPython etc... allows
> them to stay in a native and productive environment.

True, but a good DBA have to check each single store procedure and view that
other programmers write, see tuning techics that programmers are not aware of
( see select max(id) from foo; optimized with a order by + limit 1 ).

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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