[HACKERS] Support for persistant objects in PostgreSQL?

2004-08-01 Thread Suresh Tri
Hi, Can you have persistant objects in PostgreSQL? In Oracle you can have create Object types. e.g create type ADDRESS as object (street_name VARCHAR2(30), house_noNUMBER); In Oracle you can even have references to these objects from other tables. Is persistant objects and refe

[HACKERS] PostgreSQL development

2004-07-29 Thread Suresh Tri
Hi all, We are a bunch(about 10)of enthusiastic software engineers from Bangalore who strongly believe in opensource. We are currently looking at the prospect of improving the PostgreSQL to the enterprise level. At first we would like to take PostgreSQL atleast to the level of Oracle 7i or 8i. W

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
. Thanks once again, Suresh --- Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suresh Tri wrote: > > 2. Core functionality add-ons to postgresql :- > > -Table joins > > Already done. > > > -Java stored procedures > > Already done. > > > -Backup

[HACKERS] Stored procedures - Oracle vs postgresql

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
Hi all, I am currently trying to estimate the effort required to implement Oracle type stored procedure in PostgreSQL. As I understood Oracle supports both functions and procedures, but postgres only functions. ALso there are no OUT parameter in postgres. I got some info from http://www.compiere.

Re: [HACKERS] Improvements to PostgreSQL

2004-07-26 Thread Suresh Tri
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. > > --