Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities
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Msg-id 3F7DA00A.9060901@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Oracle/PostgreSQL incompatibilities  (Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>)
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>>   + CREATE SCHEMA: Sometimes a schema created in PostgreSQL
>>     disappears if there is nothing in it.
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>This is more than a bit hard to believe.  Can you give an example?
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We use schema's ALOT in our applications. I have yet to see this happen.


>>   + PostgreSQL does not support the NUMBER keyword without (...)
>>     i.e. something in parenthesis following it.
>>    
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>Don't follow this one either.  We don't have NUMBER --- are you speaking
>of NUMERIC?  If so, I'm not aware of any context where you're required
>to put a precision on NUMERIC.  Again, may we see an example?
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Ditto.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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