Re: [SQL] SQL features... - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Howie
Subject Re: [SQL] SQL features...
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.991224055036.25654g-100000@rabies.toodarkpark.org
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In response to SQL features...  (rjb@typeline.com)
Responses Re: [SQL] SQL features...
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 rjb@typeline.com wrote:

> There seems to be a few SQL compatibility issues in Postgres that are
> making it difficult for me to convert from Interbase. They are:
> 
> Support for foreign keys
> Cascading a deletion across a referenced table or tables using a foreign
> key

refint, for now, handles foreign key constraints.  search the mailing list
for additional info.

> Does anyone know when these feature might be implemented?

full fk support ( via REFERENCES ) is due out in 7.0.

> Also: Is libpg a shared library? 

depends on how you compile it.

> Can I write a client program say on a
> FreeBSD
> box that links to this library and calls a remote
> Postgres db server running on a Linux box?

yes.  and vice versa.

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