Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

2005-10-20 Thread Doug Quale
Guy Rouillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Doug Quale wrote: # select 'a'::char(8) = 'a '::char(8); ?column? -- t (1 row) Trailing blanks aren't significant in fixed-length strings, so the question is whether Postgresql treats comparison of varchars right. This result

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

2005-10-19 Thread Doug Quale
Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was referring to trailing blanks, but did not explicitly say it, though showed it in the examples. I am pretty sure that the SQL standard says that trailing whitespace is insignificant in string

Re: [GENERAL] Help with converting hexadecimal to decimal

2005-03-31 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Chandra Sekhar Surapaneni wrote: Hi All, Is there a built in function which works exactly the opposite way as to_hex(). I basically want to convert a a hexadecimal to a decimal. Sure: test= SELECT x'10'::integer;

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Quale
Jim C. Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real GPL zealot. ;) Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you

Re: [GENERAL] About GPL and proprietary software

2003-09-24 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact is the MySQL and the FSF want to make the GPL reach as far as possible, so there is no attempt to make a reasonable definition. In fact, they rely on that fuzzy definition, and the threat of legal action (legal extortion) to further the reach

Re: [GENERAL] About GPL and proprietary software

2003-09-02 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The FSF would _like_ dynamic linking to pass the GPL to the closed-source binary, but that doesn't make it so --- I would like a lot of things but wanting it to happen isn't enough. Their FAQ says (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html):