Re: Status: OSCON organization - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy
From | elein |
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Subject | Re: Status: OSCON organization |
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Msg-id | 20040123120718.F8725@cookie.varlena.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Status: OSCON organization (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>) |
List | pgsql-advocacy |
Your point is well taken. But it is important to have some semblance of coordination--it will look good if we all are on the same page giving the same messages. elein On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 09:42:08AM -0500, Robert Treat wrote: > Sounds interesting.. you might also want to look at the gforge project > which uses a lot of those types of features. I was thinking of doing > something similar (though probably a tutorial) on using views and > pllangs to save your self from excessive recoding of client > applications. I planned to base it on some real life examples but not > any one specific apps. > > Incidentally, I don't think it hurts to have multiple people doing > submissions on similar topics, since theres no guarantee that any > particular talk/tutorial will actually get picked. > > Robert Treat > > On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 06:04, Chris Travers wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > I am considering doing a talk (not a tutorial) on how the advanced features > > of PostgreSQL allow for extremely powerful business databases. An abstract > > follows: > > Many application developers working with relational database systems are > > used to using the database as a simple data store. However PostgreSQL allows > > for far more sophisticated "active," or self-managing databases to be > > developed. Many business applications can benefit from using an active > > database. This paper explored how views, rules, triggers, and functions can > > be used in order to create an active database. The Open Reservation > > Management System database (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openres, not yet > > stable) will be used as an example, as will the HERMES CRM database system > > (http://hermesweb.sourceforge.net). > > > > Best Wishes, > > Chris Travers > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Sullivan" <ajs@crankycanuck.ca> > > To: <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org> > > Cc: <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>; <janwieck@yahoo.com> > > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 1:43 AM > > Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Status: OSCON organization > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:59:44AM -0800, elein wrote: > > > > I think it is important for you or Jan to do > > > > a replication tutorial. > > > > > > I'm not sure that Jan can do a tutorial on the actual replication > > > system -- he's never had to administer it (fortunately for him), just > > > fix some bugs in it (unfortunately for him). I think if he does a > > > talk on this, it'll have to be on his currently-in-progress system > > > instead. (I do think, however, that people at OSCON are way more > > > likely to want to talk to Jan than to talk to me. I'm a miserably > > > bad programmer, so I'm not really in a position to talk about what > > > we're doing next except in the broadest terms.) > > > > > > > A talk (as opposed to a tutorial) on > > > > admin stuff would also be very pertinent > > > > since the feedback I am collecting > > > > indicates that people do not think > > > > that PostgreSQL is as easy to administer > > > > as it is. > > > > > > Yes; I was actually wondering what to talk about for 45 minutes. The > > > wonder about Postgres is that it mostly runs itself when everything > > > is going along nicely. > > > > > > > Can you let me know when you know for > > > > sure what tutorial and talks you are > > > > going to propose? > > > > > > I can propse both of these, then, if you like, assuming someone > > > better isn't volunteering. (There are many better, I'm sure, and > > > I'll happily step out of the way for others.) > > > > > > A > > > > > > -- > > > Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca > > > The plural of anecdote is not data. > > > --Roger Brinner > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > > > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > > > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > > -- > Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
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