Re: BI tools and PostgreSQL

On 4 November 2013 19:18, Victor Tan <victortcs@gmail.com> wrote:

> BI tools all generate SQL with varying levels of optimization.  However, do
> any of you know of any BI tools that are more PostgreSQL aware in that they
> can generate queries that take advantage of extensions like hstore, arrays
> etc?
>
> Hstore and JSON data types use non-standard syntax within PostgreSQL - not
> that I know of anything in the SQL standards that say how to handle KV types
> in the style of hstore.

> Which BI tools, if any, either are aware of PostgreSQL in this way or at
> least minimize hindrances to using these types of data types or extensions?

Probably the same number as support SQLSwerver sparse columns, MiSQL
equivalents and Mogno BSON.

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