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Re: [HACKERS] Mapping Oracle types to PostgreSQL

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>, <jm@poure.com>, Bruno LEVEQUE <bruno.leveque@net6d.com>, <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>, Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>, Vincent Harcq <vha@audaxis.com>, Jean-Paul ARGUDO <jpargudo@free.fr>
Date: 2003-10-21T21:00:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Scott,

> > It is hard to understand that if he is willing to make PostgreSQL the
> > default for Compiere, why he would refuse to include any changes to
> > allow Oracle and PostgreSQL to both work.
> 
> But if what he wants is nested transactions, then I could see him paying 
> for development providing better ROI than forking the code.  Is that what 
> was meant by "the right kind of transaction support" ?

If he wanted nested transactions, and was willing to pay for development, I 
can't imagine us turning him down.  Nested xtn have been on the TODO list for 
years.

-- 
-Josh Berkus
 Aglio Database Solutions
 San Francisco