Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Justin Clift
Patrick Welche wrote: Is there more to "remote control" than setting GUC variables? Tell me more! Sure: + starting/restarting/stopping the database server software + the normal DBA type work - creating/altering/dropping databases, users, functions, languages, permissions (etc) + Remote backup

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Patrick Welche
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 06:13:30PM +1000, Justin Clift wrote: > + An SNMP agent to report on PostgreSQL's status and allows remote > control of the PostgreSQL daemon. From an Oracle perspective, this > would be the equivalent of "Oracle Intelligent Agents", part of the core > features of the O

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
Thanks Peter for your reply, we will investigate further into your comments. We understand that postgresql is already enterprise-level. But as our observation many of the propriety databse users in the enterprise level are reluctant to switch to postgresql. We wanted to to bridge the gap. Thanks

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Justin Clift
Suresh Tri wrote: > All your sugestions are welcome. Please help us to > implement these features. > Our aim is to make postgresql enterprise level. Hi Suresh, From reading your post, I feel your team is approaching the goal of making PostgreSQL "Enterprise Level" in a non-optimal way. With the

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Suresh Tri wrote: > 2. Core functionality add-ons to postgresql :- > -Table joins Already done. > -Java stored procedures Already done. > -Backup and recovery (incremental backup/restore) Will appear in next release. > -Query optimization > * Indexing techniques > * Star query optimizatio

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
Hi, I am already a member of hackers group and I get all the messages posted to the group. In fact I get 2 copies of each!! I think I subscribed twice. But I am unable to send messages to the group. Here are the feature list which we are planning to implement. This list is obtained by comparing t

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I reckon they could have a crack at implementing SQL2003 recursive queries (eg. WITH syntax). Or, SQL2003 ROLLUP and CUBE queries. But that's just what I want :) Chris Bruce Momjian wrote: I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to improve PostgreSQL in India. I suggest

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Gavin Sherry
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to > improve PostgreSQL in India. > > I suggest you read the developers FAQ on the developers page: > > http://developers.postgresql.org > > then subscribe to hackers to discuss feat

[HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
I am forwarding this to hackers on behalf of some people who want to improve PostgreSQL in India. I suggest you read the developers FAQ on the developers page: http://developers.postgresql.org then subscribe to hackers to discuss feature additions. Thanks. -