On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:38:13 -0800, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >>Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other > >>words make Postgres think it is an Oracle database? If so, do you have any > >>idea what percentage of people are doing this, and how successful they are > >>with this? Also, how is this done? Do you know of any good links that > >>discuss this. My manager is thinking about replacing a couple of Oracle > >>databases with Postgres, and would like to know the answer to this question. > >> > >> > > > >You mean make postgres slow, bloated & buggy? > > > > > I am going to assume that was a joke, but it is not helpful.
No, it wasn't a joke. I'm forced to maintain Oracle databases every day, and I've yet to find any redeeming qualities, so it baffles me why anyone would want to emulate them. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
