Thread: Notice of List Changes ...
Few of us ever watch the newsgroups, and I fear that an
announcement might never have reached them ...
This list is pretty much dead, having been supersceded
by pgsql-general (comp.databases.postgresql.general) as
well as several others (.admin, .sql, .novice) ...
Right now, all messages to here are gated to .general, but
if you check out the other newsgroups, you'll find alot more
traffic :)
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Marc G. Fournier scrappy@hub.org
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
scrappy@{postgresql|isc}.org ICQ#7615664
quick note: 'this list' refers to the pgsql-questions list that was split
over a year ago ... :)
On 22 Jul 2000, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> Few of us ever watch the newsgroups, and I fear that an
> announcement might never have reached them ...
>
> This list is pretty much dead, having been supersceded
> by pgsql-general (comp.databases.postgresql.general) as
> well as several others (.admin, .sql, .novice) ...
>
> Right now, all messages to here are gated to .general, but
> if you check out the other newsgroups, you'll find alot more
> traffic :)
>
> --
> Marc G. Fournier scrappy@hub.org
> Systems Administrator @ hub.org
> scrappy@{postgresql|isc}.org ICQ#7615664
>
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
At 15:39 22/07/00 GMT, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > >This list is pretty much dead, having been supersceded >by pgsql-general (comp.databases.postgresql.general) as >well as several others (.admin, .sql, .novice) ... > Is this a newly created newsgroup? Our newsfeed doesnt include it Steve -- thorNET - Internet Consultancy, Services & Training Phone: 01454 854413 Fax: 01454 854412 http://www.thornet.co.uk
Steve Heaven wrote: > >This list is pretty much dead, having been supersceded > >by pgsql-general (comp.databases.postgresql.general) as > >well as several others (.admin, .sql, .novice) ... > > > Is this a newly created newsgroup? Our newsfeed doesnt include it Yes and no. There are some private and not distribute newsgroups (gatewayed with the lists) which unfortunately have been placed under comp.databases.* without being official big8 (i.e. Usenet) groups approved by a vote. To my experience as a hierarchy maintainer this is blatantly wrong and can only lead to serious misunderstandings. Would be better to use a pgsql.* hierarchy. -- Alessio F. Bragadini alessio@albourne.com APL Financial Services http://www.sevenseas.org/~alessio Nicosia, Cyprus phone: +357-2-750652 "It is more complicated than you think" -- The Eighth Networking Truth from RFC 1925
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Steve Heaven wrote: > At 15:39 22/07/00 GMT, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > >This list is pretty much dead, having been supersceded > >by pgsql-general (comp.databases.postgresql.general) as > >well as several others (.admin, .sql, .novice) ... > > > Is this a newly created newsgroup? Our newsfeed doesnt include it Was created when the mailing list was created, which was over a year ago ...
We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres. What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic DBI/DBD-Pg style interface? Thanks Steve -- thorNET - Internet Consultancy, Services & Training Phone: 01454 854413 Fax: 01454 854412 http://www.thornet.co.uk
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Steve Heaven wrote:
> We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres.
> What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic
1) ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DBI/DBD-Pg style interface?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
...Portability
2) "Programming the Perl DBI Interface" by Tim Bunce/Alligator Descarte
3) DBI mailing list
4) Syntax reminiscent of ESQL/C
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Steve Heaven wrote: > > We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres. > What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic > DBI/DBD-Pg style interface? I find the DBI/DBD-Pg interface to be *much* cleaner to work in ... the interface is more robust as its been designed to work across several different databases, not just PostgreSQL ...