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

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: 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: 2003-07-21T14:16:33Z
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I don't see the problem.

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.

Perhaps it could be split into two parts, a PG-specific part and
a cross-DBMS part?

			regards, tom lane

PS: Has anyone looked any further at the SQL-MED standard?  ISTM that's
where we ought to head in the long run.