Re: SQL compatibility reminder: MySQL vs PostgreSQL

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Pierre C <lists@peufeu.com> wrote:
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>> My opinion is that PostgreSQL should accept any MySQL syntax and return
>> warnings. I believe that we should access even innodb syntax and turn it
>> immediately into PostgreSQL tables. This would allow people with no
>> interest in SQL to migrate from MySQL to PostgreSQL without any harm.
>
> A solution would be a SQL proxy (a la pgpool) with query rewriting.
>

This sounds like a better idea...

>> PHP developers don't have time to invest in learning deep SQL.
>
> This is true, and it is a big problem IMHO. It results in lots of slow,
> broken, insecure database designs.
>

So, if php dev doesn't have time to learn to do things right then we
have to find time to learn to do things wrong? seems like a nosense
argument to me

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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL
Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas
Guayaquil - Ecuador
Cel. +59387171157