On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 05:44:14PM -0400, Shahbaz wrote: > I would like to use postgresql for a couple of database experiments > I've been thinking about. I found Stefan Simkovic's paper > "Enhancement of the ANSI SQL Implementation of PostgreSQL." It is a > great guide, although I'm wondering: > 1. How relevant is this paper now (with release 8.1 in the works)? > 2. Have there been any other papers like that more recently?
Wow, it's really outdated. It starts from 6.3.2, and from the abstract I gather that the work done was to add the HAVING clause and the INTERSECT and EXCEPT set operations. Those have been in Postgres from before I started using it, which was 7.0. A copy of the paper can be found here, for those interested http://deim.etse.urv.es/ajuda/manuals/postgresql/internals.pdf Interestingly, the paper is mentioned in the bibliography of the official PostgreSQL documentation. Apparently there's a good primer on relational theory, SQL and PostgreSQL history. -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>) Officer Krupke, what are we to do? Gee, officer Krupke, Krup you! (West Side Story, "Gee, Officer Krupke") ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
