RE: Outer joins - Mailing list pgsql-general

I think there should be a Postgres Features section.  It might be nice to have a
concise comparison chart comparing its features with, for instance, MySQL, SQL
Server 2000, Oracle, and any others that come up often in questions.  The
comparison chart should be frank while still unabashedly highlighting the many
places where PostgreSQL really shines.  You never know, some lazy journalist may
decide to copy and paste it into their next review.  ;--)




"Trewern, Ben" <Ben.Trewern%mowlem.com@interlock.lexmark.com> on 07/13/2001
10:06:41 AM

To:   pgsql-general%postgresql.org@interlock.lexmark.com
cc:    (bcc: Wesley Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject:  RE: [GENERAL] Outer joins




Postgres 7.1 does support Left, right & outer joins.  Functions are similar to
stored procedures but they cannot return rows.  I think that this limitation is
being worked on for the next release (7.2).

By the way should there be a 'Postgres Features' page on the website.  This
would save a large amount of these queries and reduce the amount of e-mails on
this list.  I'm sure that lots of interest is being raised because of the
'Redhat Database' Announcement.  Some of these people will just want to know
what Postgres is capable of.

Regards

Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: eddie iannuccelli [mailto:eddie.iannuccelli@toulouse.inra.fr]
> Sent: 13 July 2001 18:51
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Outer joins
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>
> Can anyone confirm me that Postgres 7.1 does not support outer join ?
> Are functions similar to classical stored procedure ?
>
> thanks
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