Thread: Re: [translators] 7.4 Release Web Page Text

Re: [translators] 7.4 Release Web Page Text

From
Anastasios Hatzis
Date:
Josh Berkus wrote:

> ADVANCED SQL FEATURES
>    PostgreSQL continues to expand its support for the SQL 92 and SQL 99
> standards, maintaining its place as the industry leader in standards compliance
> by including many SQL features not found in other databases. New in 7.4 are

Does it mean,
a) that there are many SQL feature, which are not implemented in any
other database,
b) or that there are databases, which do not have these SQL features?


Anastasios

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Re: [translators] 7.4 Release Web Page Text

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Anastasios,

> > ADVANCED SQL FEATURES
> >    PostgreSQL continues to expand its support for the SQL 92 and SQL 99
> > standards, maintaining its place as the industry leader in standards
> > compliance by including many SQL features not found in other databases.
> > New in 7.4 are
>
> Does it mean,
> a) that there are many SQL feature, which are not implemented in any
> other database,
> b) or that there are databases, which do not have these SQL features?

It's really a vague way of saying both.   PostgreSQL has a bunch of SQL
features, such as SCHEMA and correlated subselects, which are not found in
many other SQL databases.   We also have a few features, such as CREATE
AGGREGATE and DOMAINs, which I don't believe are found in any other database
with real market share.

However, I'm not absolutely sure of the second interpretation -- I haven't
worked with several databases in years.    So if German forces you to phrase
it as one of the other, phrase it as:

PostgreSQL has many SQL features which are not found in most other SQL
databases.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco