Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
Hi, I am already a member of hackers group and I get all the messages posted to the group. In fact I get 2 copies of each!! I think I subscribed twice. But I am unable to send messages to the group. Here are the feature list which we are planning to implement. This list is obtained by comparing

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Suresh Tri wrote: 2. Core functionality add-ons to postgresql :- -Table joins Already done. -Java stored procedures Already done. -Backup and recovery (incremental backup/restore) Will appear in next release. -Query optimization * Indexing techniques * Star query optimization

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Justin Clift
Suresh Tri wrote: snip All your sugestions are welcome. Please help us to implement these features. Our aim is to make postgresql enterprise level. Hi Suresh, From reading your post, I feel your team is approaching the goal of making PostgreSQL Enterprise Level in a non-optimal way. With the

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
Thanks Peter for your reply, we will investigate further into your comments. We understand that postgresql is already enterprise-level. But as our observation many of the propriety databse users in the enterprise level are reluctant to switch to postgresql. We wanted to to bridge the gap.

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Patrick Welche
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 06:13:30PM +1000, Justin Clift wrote: + An SNMP agent to report on PostgreSQL's status and allows remote control of the PostgreSQL daemon. From an Oracle perspective, this would be the equivalent of Oracle Intelligent Agents, part of the core features of the Oracle

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Justin Clift
Patrick Welche wrote: snip Is there more to remote control than setting GUC variables? Tell me more! Sure: + starting/restarting/stopping the database server software + the normal DBA type work - creating/altering/dropping databases, users, functions, languages, permissions (etc) + Remote

[HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to improve PostgreSQL in India. I suggest you read the developers FAQ on the developers page: http://developers.postgresql.org then subscribe to hackers to discuss feature additions. Thanks.

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Gavin Sherry
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote: I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to improve PostgreSQL in India. I suggest you read the developers FAQ on the developers page: http://developers.postgresql.org then subscribe to hackers to discuss feature

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I reckon they could have a crack at implementing SQL2003 recursive queries (eg. WITH syntax). Or, SQL2003 ROLLUP and CUBE queries. But that's just what I want :) Chris Bruce Momjian wrote: I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to improve PostgreSQL in India. I suggest