Re: Arduino SQL Connector

You know what? Fine, it doesn't matter that much to me. I'm happy to
continue using MySQL. It works with the Arduino quite nicely. Postgres
doesn't work. That's Postgres loss not mine. I really thought the
postgres team would be interested in providing support for a very
popular microcontroller system. If not, they are missing out on a
larger segment of users.

The MySQL connector is copyrighted and GPL'd by Oracle, it would be
nice if Postgres would do something similar for those that prefer
using Postgres instead of forcing people touse MySQL. My mistake in
thinking this might be the case. Or Maybe Jan doesn't speak for
Postgres .....
Steve Spence, KK4HFJ
Director, Green Trust
http://www.green-trust.org
Http://arduinotronics.blogspot.com


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Jan Wieck <jan@wi3ck.info> wrote:
> On 04/17/14 20:01, Steve Spence wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to port my application from mysql to postgres (for the GIS
>> supoort). I had hoped there would be wild enthsuiasm for such a
>> project, as the Arduino community is extremely large, and this would
>> push postgres into a wider audience. I expected it would take multiple
>> people with varying backgrounds to accomplish the task. If you can do
>> it on your own, great. I'll be happy to lend what knowledge I have of
>> the Arduino and using the mysql connector -
>
>
> This is a pattern I've seen for over a decade now. People think that
> randomly sprinkling "MySQL" into a discussion will generate "wild
> enthusiasm" for supporting "their attempt to port *their* appli ..." wait
> ... oh ... didn't work again?
>
> Bummer!
>
>
> Jan
>
>
>> http://www.green-trust.org/lmanco/find.php
>> Steve Spence, KK4HFJ
>> Director, Green Trust
>> http://www.green-trust.org
>> Http://arduinotronics.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Tomas Vondra <tv@fuzzy.cz> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 17.4.2014 19:43, Steve Spence wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oracle thought it was a good idea to put out a MySQL version, I
>>>> figure there should be some effort to counter that here .....
>>>
>>>
>>> Really? I found no information about this on oracle.com or mysql.com,
>>> except for a section in the discussion forum with ~20 posts. It's true
>>> that the author is apparently a Senior Software Engineer at Oracle, but
>>> this seems like a his own project. So much regarding the "Oracle
>>> thought" part ...
>>>
>>> BTW I doubt the approach "Oracle does X => you should do X too" will be
>>> fruitful here.
>>>
>>>> Need a Team lead on this, and I'll collaborate as much as I can on the
>>>> Arduino / Networking side.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm a bit confused. What do you mean by "team lead"? I was thinking that
>>> maybe this would be a fun project for the holidays, refreshing my
>>> Arduino-fu. But no way I'm interested in being a TL of anything.
>>>
>>> I was messing with the PostgreSQL protocol [1] recently, and writing a
>>> code implementing something like what the mysql connector does would be
>>> quite trivial. A day of work, maybe two if you know networking but not
>>> the protocol.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Tomas
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/protocol.html
>>>
>>>
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>
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