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Re: dblink_ora - a first shot on Oracle ...

Thomas Swan <tswan@idigx.com>

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From: Thomas Swan <tswan@idigx.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Hans-Jürgen Schönig <postgres@cybertec.at>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, EG <EG@cybertec.at>
Date: 2003-07-21T15:26:29Z
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On 7/21/2003 9:16 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

>Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
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>>I don't see the problem.
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>I tend to agree with Peter: if dblink is going to start depending on
>stuff outside Postgres, it ought to be become a separate project,
>if only to simplify distribution and configuration issues.
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The ability to optionally link to another library does not necessitate a
functional dependency on it.

>Perhaps it could be split into two parts, a PG-specific part and
>a cross-DBMS part?
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>			regards, tom lane
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>PS: Has anyone looked any further at the SQL-MED standard?  ISTM that's
>where we ought to head in the long run.
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