Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Greg Smith
On 04/25/2011 04:54 PM, Nicholson, Brad (Toronto, ON, CA) wrote: The problem is that there is a lot of noise in the add-on space. There are lots of things out there that are no longer supported or partially supported. There is a fairly high barrier of entry into figuring out which tools to

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 06:21:21AM -0400, Greg Smith wrote: addressed doesn't start with how can PostgreSQL duplicate the Oracle solution to this problem, which is how many of these incoming requests for features start. The alternate question of how do you provide something with the same

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Leif Biberg Kristensen
On Monday 25 April 2011 10:41:36 Linos wrote: Hi all, only want to link this blog post http://blog.kimiensoftware.com/2011/04/top-10-missing-postgresql-features , i think he may have any good points. Miguel Angel. Maybe the best point is the one between the lines: That PostgreSQL

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Radosław Smogura
On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:30:19 +0200, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote: On Monday 25 April 2011 10:41:36 Linos wrote: Hi all, only want to link this blog post http://blog.kimiensoftware.com/2011/04/top-10-missing-postgresql-features , i think he may have any good points. Miguel Angel.

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Nicholson, Brad (Toronto, ON, CA)
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general- ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Radoslaw Smogura Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:55 AM To: Leif Biberg Kristensen Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Linos i...@linos.es wrote: Hi all,        only want to link this blog post http://blog.kimiensoftware.com/2011/04/top-10-missing-postgresql-features , i think he may have any good points. my take: 1. Query progress Seen a couple of near miss proposals -- good

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-26 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Andrew Sullivan a...@crankycanuck.ca wrote: In commercial development, this is where product development managers live.  They identify the meaning of the feature request, and then identify how the actual need (rather than the requested feature) can be

[GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread Linos
Hi all, only want to link this blog post http://blog.kimiensoftware.com/2011/04/top-10-missing-postgresql-features , i think he may have any good points. Miguel Angel. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription:

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread mark
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general- ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Linos Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 2:42 AM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] 10 missing features Hi all, only want to link this blog

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 08:29:43AM -0600, mark wrote: One or two of his points are on my list as well, but as far as a TOP 10 missing features that PG needs his probably aren't anywhere close to what the majority of people are in need of. When I had to hire Postgres DBAs, I hated hiring

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread David Johnston
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of mark Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 10:30 AM To: 'Linos'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features -Original Message- From: pgsql

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread Greg Smith
On 04/25/2011 10:48 AM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: You can see this in certain items in the top 10. Three, four, five, seven, maybe 8 eight, and ten all seemed to me to be things I've actually done before, but not using something directly inside Postgres. The idea that something must ship in

Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features

2011-04-25 Thread Nicholson, Brad (Toronto, ON, CA)
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general- ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Greg Smith Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 4:23 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 10 missing features On 04/25/2011 10:48 AM, Andrew Sullivan