RE: [HACKERS] Hi

Okay, here's my idea of how I will get into it:

1) Try to get my apps going. That is I'll try to port my ORACLE
applications to postgresql to have some programs to do testing.
Therefore I need:
2) Add Linus' ecpg precompiler for embedded SQL to the dist.
3) Try to implement some speed-ups I encounter while playing with my
apps.

I take it some of you have already run the backend against a profiler.
Could anyone please tell me which functions need works most?

Michael

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Bruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us]
> Sent:    Wednesday, February 04, 1998 6:10 PM
> To:    meskes@topsystem.de
> Cc:    pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
> Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] Hi
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > despite bein chronically short of time I'd like to be involved with
> some
> > database development in free software. It seems to me that
> postgresql is
> > the most complete package out there and it also has some nice
> features
> > like object identity. I consider myself fairly knowledgable when it
> > comes to databases (at least it brought me my Ph.D.) so I think I
> could
> > do some. But before I do so I'd like to ask some questions about the
> > status of development:
> >
>
> > 3) How would you describe the general goal of this project: Offer as
> > good a database system as you can create as free software? That is
> > should it be able to handle huge amounts of data, or is it seen more
> as
> > a tool for a private person/small business?
>
> About a year ago, our goal was to make it more reliable.  At this
> point,
> our goal is SQL compliance, speed, and features.  See the TODO list in
> the distribution or on our web page for an idea of our open items.
>
> > 4) Are there areas/Which ares need help?
>
> What we really need are more people who can get a handle on the entire
> source tree, so we can implement some of the more complex SQL
> features,
> or improve some of the older code.
>
> --
> Bruce Momjian
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