Re: PostGreSql equivalents to mssql

Unfortunately I cannot tell you much about Postgres on Unix and client
on Windows, but all my test apps written on VB and PG running on Linux,
so this combination works and I think should not be much pain for you as
well.
Would be interesting to here real success story of happy marriage of
postgres and ADO.



-----Original Message-----
From: adivi [mailto:adivi@maximizelearning.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 10:41 PM
To: Maksim Likharev
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostGreSql equivalents to mssql


thanks for the caution Maksim ,

    but i do need to have my database on PostGreSql running on a
unix/linux
box.
    and i just need to have the application on Windows + .Net

    i can use odbc.net or inherit the adapter

    do you still see any possibility of serious issues !?
    please do let me know if i am headed in the wrong direction

regards
-adivi

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maksim Likharev" <mlikharev@aurigin.com>
To: "adivi" <adivi@maximizelearning.com>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [GENERAL] PostGreSql equivalents to mssql


So I would tell you, before doing something ask yourself what is you
goal,
if you shop primary OS is MS Windows and client is
VB or .Net or more generally ADO 2.7.x you'll probably looking into
wrong direction,
because nothing works better with ADO then MS SQL Server.
I am not telling you that postgres will not suite you, that will if you
are
following certain pattern.
What is you goal?



-----Original Message-----
From: adivi [mailto:adivi@maximizelearning.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 9:12 PM
To: Maksim Likharev
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostGreSql equivalents to mssql


thanks for the reply:

    but Functions can do return Cursor !
    can i parse them from a .Net application ?

    also i've found that PostGreSql 7.3 + can return recordset
    http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions

please reply if i can parse , using a .Net application or any such fromt
end
application,
    a.> cursors returned by a PostGreSql function
    b.> recordset ( multiple rows and columns ) returned by a PostGreSql
function

regards
-adivi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maksim Likharev" <mlikharev@aurigin.com>
To: <mallah@trade-india.com>; <adivi@maximizelearning.com>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: [GENERAL] PostGreSql equivalents to mssql


>        b.> return output parameters

>I dont get this question very much, someone else might be
>able to help u here.

You cannot have [out] parameters in term of MS TSQL word,
but your function could return a complex type, that will do a trick.
Still you cannot return a recordset and [out] params, but do you need
it?