Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Yea, that would be neat. But considering no one really totally supports
> > CORBA yet, and we already have tons of working interfaces, perhaps we
> > can consider it in the future, or were you thinking in the next 6-9
> > months?
>
> I'm not sure what Michael was thinking, but I was seeing this as a
> long-term kind of project. Maybe for the release after 6.5, or even
> the one after that. (Do we have any definite plans for future release
> frequency?)
>
> Even if the open-source ORBs are adequately up-to-speed today (which
> sounded iffy), we need to learn about CORBA, or import some expertise
> from somewhere, before we can do much. This is unknown territory for
> me, and evidently also for most of the pgsql crew. I'd be inclined to
> just play around for a few months and try to write a paper design.
Keep an eye on the SQL CLI specs (or ODBC/JDBC as they are quite
similar)
when doing the design.
> It does sound like an idea worth pursuing, though.
Indeed.
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Hannu