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1. Re: [INTERFACES] Announcing PgSQL - a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant interface to PostgreSQL

   Billy G. Allie <bill.allie@mug.org> — 2000-10-10T21:42:42Z

   Tom Lane wrote:
   > "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org> writes:
   > > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
   > >> Sounds interesting, but isn't "pgsql" an extremely unfortunate choice of
   > >> name, given that it's already used as an abbreviation for "PostgreSQL"?
   > 
   > > PgSQL is the name of the module you import in Python to access a PostgreSQL
   > > database from Python using the DB-API 2.0.  The project name on SourceForge
   > > is "Python Interface to PostgreSQL".  Of course, it there is too much heart
   > > burn with the modules name, I can change it.
   > 
   > FWIW, my initial reaction was the same as Peter's: that name is certain
   > to cause confusion.  I don't want to try to force you to change it, but
   > I think it's not a good choice.
   > 
   > Don't have a better alternative to offer offhand, however.
   > 
   > 			regards, tom lane
   
   I couldn't think of a better alternative, either.  That's why the module
   name is PgSQL.  Of course, seeing 'import PgSQL' in the python code seems
   to imply loading code to access PostgreSQL.  It's kind of self-documenting,
   don'y you think? :-)
   
   
   I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
   offered.
   
   
   I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
   offered.
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2. Re: [INTERFACES] Announcing PgSQL - a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant interface to PostgreSQL

   Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> — 2000-10-10T22:58:08Z

   On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Billy G. Allie wrote:
   
   > Tom Lane wrote:
   > > "Billy G. Allie" <Bill.Allie@mug.org> writes:
   > > > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
   > > >> Sounds interesting, but isn't "pgsql" an extremely unfortunate choice of
   > > >> name, given that it's already used as an abbreviation for "PostgreSQL"?
   > > 
   > > > PgSQL is the name of the module you import in Python to access a PostgreSQL
   > > > database from Python using the DB-API 2.0.  The project name on SourceForge
   > > > is "Python Interface to PostgreSQL".  Of course, it there is too much heart
   > > > burn with the modules name, I can change it.
   > > 
   > > FWIW, my initial reaction was the same as Peter's: that name is certain
   > > to cause confusion.  I don't want to try to force you to change it, but
   > > I think it's not a good choice.
   > > 
   > > Don't have a better alternative to offer offhand, however.
   > > 
   > > 			regards, tom lane
   > 
   > I couldn't think of a better alternative, either.  That's why the module
   > name is PgSQL.  Of course, seeing 'import PgSQL' in the python code seems
   > to imply loading code to access PostgreSQL.  It's kind of self-documenting,
   > don'y you think? :-)
   
   D'Arcy's is PyGreSQL ... 
   > 
   > 
   > I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
   > offered.
   > 
   > 
   > I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
   > offered.
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   > 
   
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