On 7/21/2003 9:16 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
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>>I don't see the problem.
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>I tend to agree with Peter: if dblink is going to start depending on
>stuff outside Postgres, it ought to be become a separate project,
>if only to simplify distribution and configuration issues.
>
The ability to optionally link to another library does not necessitate a
functional dependency on it.
>Perhaps it could be split into two parts, a PG-specific part and
>a cross-DBMS part?
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> regards, tom lane
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>PS: Has anyone looked any further at the SQL-MED standard? ISTM that's
>where we ought to head in the long run.
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