Re: MySQL Con 2008

On Wednesday 12 December 2007 17:27, Ron Mayer wrote:
> One more related area to features is identifying useful
> mysqlisms or postgre's QL's idiosyncrasies that both systems
> might want to adopt.  This might make life easier on customers
> who use both products.

I think the majority of this probably would fall under the sql standards bit;
ie. promoting things like use of information schema over show tables?

> I think the "replace/upsert" feature
> is one that some postgresql users ask for.
>

i think the only ones who do are mysql converts, given none of the other
commercial db's offer that syntax (afaik).  note there are sql standard ways
of accomplishing it; though currently neither of the two systems support it.

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Robert Treat
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