[HACKERS] A big thank you to all!

[Guy Flaherty]

To all the PostgresQL Developers,

I just wanted to take a minute to say a very big thank you to everyone who has made PostgresQL the outstanding database that it is. I have been using it for more than 5 years now, and it has never ceased to amaze me just how stable, featureful and downright useable this database that you have built really is. I am particularly grateful for the fantastic improvements that have been made to COPY, and I am really looking forward to being able to use COPY with views in the future, if this is possible.

We use a variety of databases here, including Ingres, mySQL, MS Access, Filemaker Pro, MSDE, along with a bunch of other specific apps. Using PostgresQL has allowed me to create a solution that sits in the middle of these and bring the data from all the other systems together in a manageable way. Quite simply, nothing else was able to match the overall package that PostgresQL provides to the DBA or developer for doing this in such a straightforward and reliable manner. Using Python and PostgresQL together makes this an easy but robust solution. I now even have my colleagues starting to say, "We should use Postgres for that", instead of the "Well maybe we should look into Oracle or MS SQL Server" that I was hearing before they realized the possibilities.

I don't know how often people thank you for all your hard work, but I imagine it is not enough. Great work!

With thanks,

Guy Flaherty
Information Systems
Xavier College
Melbourne, Australia


Apologies if this is in the wrong list, but I could not find the pgsql-thankyou list!