Re: [GENERAL] SQL Features... - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] SQL Features...
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Msg-id 199912231709.MAA10070@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to SQL Features...  (rjb@typeline.com)
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> There seems to be a few SQL compatibility issues in Postgres that are
> making it difficult for me to convert from Interbase. They are:
>
> Support for foreign keys
> Cascading a deletion across a referenced table or tables using a foreign
> key

Next release 7.0 in a few months will have this.
>
> Does anyone know when these feature might be implemented?
>
> Also: Is libpg a shared library? Can I write a client program say on a
> FreeBSD
> box that links to this library and calls a remote
> Postgres db server running on a Linux box?

You can communicate via tcp/ip to any server machine.


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