Re: [GENERAL] Suggestion

scott.marlowe <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>

From: "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com>
To: muhammad umar <whiplash77_77@yahoo.com>
Cc: <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>, <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-04-03T18:08:28Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-general, pgsql-docs
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, muhammad umar wrote:

> hello,
> im using PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu,
> compiled by GCC 2.96.
> i have a suggestion for the name of this DBMS, and
> that it should not be PostgreSQL but it should be
> PregreSQL, as im feeling its a DBMS that perhaps might
> be used 100 years ago,,proof for this is its
> techniques for showing errors that if we have a 1400
> lines sql query contain some error,,it give error as "
> parse error at or near <some column name>" ,,now if
> that column is used at several places ,,we might have
> to browse the whole of the cream.......
> this is one of example of the limit of stupidity this
> DBMS having,,,
> this used to waste the time that should be spent in
> development...so consider changing the name of this
> stupid DBMS,,

Two suggestions:

1:  No one is twisting your arm, feel free to switch to something else.
2:  Patches happily accepted.