Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 02/23/2016 05:49 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: It's Postgres Plus, not PostgreSQL plus. And AFAIK, it was also retired some time ago and doesn't actually exist anymore. And, I just looked. You are correct. Wow... Sad. JD -- Command Prompt, Inc.

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Josh berkus wrote: > On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: > >> Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask >> questions and get help. >> >> Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our >>

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> I had no idea PowerGres was still going. > > You know I threw out an entire box of PowerGres 7.3 CDs when I moved? PowerGres 7.3! So old days... > They were in the back of a closet. Probably I still have a GreatBridge CDs in my house :-) -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English:

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Josh berkus
On 02/23/2016 04:52 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: PowerGres: Surviving since 2003. Full compatible with PostgreSQL except "PowerGres plus" which has the transparent database encryption and the redundant WAL. I had no idea PowerGres was still going. You know I threw out an entire box of PowerGres

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: >> Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask >> questions and get help. >> >> Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our >> existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I$B!G(Bm researching and >>

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Pavel Stehule
2016-02-23 19:26 GMT+01:00 Josh berkus : > On 02/23/2016 10:22 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote: > >> >> Vertica was written from scratch in C++. Maybe gram.y was used from Pg. >> But the client and SQL are strongly inspirited by Postgres. vsql is not >> psql probably, because psql is

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Josh berkus
On 02/23/2016 10:22 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote: Vertica was written from scratch in C++. Maybe gram.y was used from Pg. But the client and SQL are strongly inspirited by Postgres. vsql is not psql probably, because psql is better. Last three years is not Vertica protocol compatible with Postgres.

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Pavel Stehule
> > Closed Source > - > > PostgreSQL Plus Advanced Server/EDB Server: EnterpriseDB's fork of > PostgreSQL which has Oracle compatibility and some other tools (like xDB > replication). Sometimes includes features from future versions of > PostgreSQL > > CitusDB: latest/greatest big

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Josh berkus
On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask questions and get help. Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I’m researching and getting familiar with

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask questions and get help. Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I’m researching and getting familiar with

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Steve Crawford
Congratulations on the decision and welcome. As an overview, there is the PostgreSQL *project* which is run by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group (PgDG) with contributors around the world most of whom work for a variety of companies that either use or support PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL is

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Melvin Davidson
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: > >> Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask >> questions and get help. >> > > Welcome. > > >> Our management has tasked me with devising a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 02/23/2016 07:51 AM, Sherrie Kubis wrote: Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask questions and get help. Welcome. Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I’m researching and getting

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL flavors

2016-02-23 Thread Sherrie Kubis
Hello, my first post to the list, thank you for this place to ask questions and get help. Our management has tasked me with devising a plan to migrate our existing databases from Oracle to PostgreSQL. I'm researching and getting familiar with PostgreSQL before getting a Linux box to start