Re: i feel like compelled ! - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jim Nasby
Subject Re: i feel like compelled !
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Msg-id 555668C6.50408@BlueTreble.com
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In response to Re: i feel like compelled !  (Gianni <nasus.maximos@gmail.com>)
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On 5/13/15 6:05 PM, Gianni wrote:
> What I really liked about Firebird, and then Postgres made me feel right
> at home, was standards-compliance with SQL and great feature set. I find
> myself most-often-than-not guessing how something ought to work in
> Postgres, based on past experiences, and finding that it works exactly
> (mostly) like it 'should'. Plus, I found many new things that I loved
> and changed the way I think about stuff, like using Python for SP, JSON
> fields and RegEx in WHERE. And a special mention to the Async NOTIFY
> stuff which finally works like it 'should' in a DB (Firebird had
> something like that, but with no payload).

FWIW, numerous people made similar comments about Postgres at this 
month's AustinPUG meeting when someone mentioned they haven't used it 
yet. Basically, they said he'd love using it. :)
-- 
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com



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