Re: postgres oracle emulation question

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:38:13 -0800, Joshua D. Drake
<jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg
> ><Randy.Samberg@palmsource.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>
> >>Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other
> >>words make Postgres think it is an Oracle database?  If so, do you have any
> >>idea what percentage of people are doing this, and how successful they are
> >>with this?   Also, how is this done?  Do you know of any good links that
> >>discuss this.  My manager is thinking about replacing a couple of Oracle
> >>databases with Postgres, and would like to know the answer to this question.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >You mean make postgres slow, bloated & buggy?
> >
> >
> I am going to assume that was a joke, but it is not helpful.

No, it wasn't a joke.  I'm forced to maintain Oracle databases every
day, and I've yet to find any redeeming qualities, so it baffles me
why anyone would want to emulate them.


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