Re: [PATCHES] Adding fulldisjunctions to the contrib

AgentM wrote:
> 
> On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:01 , Tzahi Fadida wrote:
> 
> > On Saturday 12 August 2006 07:22, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >> I am still waiting for someone to tell us that they would use this
> >> capability for a real-world problem.
> 
> Notice that if you google "full disjunction" that the first link is  
> this project.
> 
> You won't find anyone to vouch for it because this is the first  
> implementation of full disjunctions in any database. That doesn't  
> mean it isn't useful- it means no one is using it because it hasn't  
> existed until now.
> 
> This is the point where one needs to decide whether PostgreSQL is a  
> copier of features from other databases or whether it can lead with a  
> few unique features of its own.

OK, that is helpful.  Now, does any current user think they will use
full disjunctions?  Is that a fair question?

The point is not whether it should work with PostgreSQL, but whether we
ship it in /contrib, or it is on pgfoundry.

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