[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A.M. Kuchling wrote: > >>On 12 Sep 2006 10:24:00 -0700, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>So, knowing that, would you agree that >>> >>><quote Python Library Reference 13.13> >>>If switching to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or Oracle >>>is later necessary, the switch should be relatively easy. >>></quote> >>> >>>is misleading if not outright untruthful? >> >>As the original author of that sentence, I don't think it's either >>misleading or untruthful; 'relatively easy' gives me wiggle room. > > > Ok, I appologize for saying that. Got a little carried away > by the flames. > > >>However, to fix your complaint, I've changed the paragraph to read: >> >> SQLite is a C library that provides a lightweight disk-based >> database that doesn't require a separate server process and allows >> accessing the database using a nonstandard variant of the SQL query >> language. Some applications can use SQLite for internal data >> storage. It's also possible to prototype an application using SQLite >> and then port the code to a larger database such as PostgreSQL or >> Oracle. >> >>Of course, if you accept Fredrik's reading of the SQL standard, the >>word 'nonstandard' in the revised text is incorrect; SQLite is >>compliant with the standard but in an unusual way. (But most readers >>will interpret "nonstandard" as meaning "not like most other SQL >>databases", so I'll let it stand.) > > > And that was basically what I was originally asking for. > > That and fixing the broken examples. > > And maybe add a few more to illustrate SQLite manifest > typing which is alien to a long time Access user. > > Should I start a new thread (sans polemics) to discuss the > examples? > Why don't you? That would seem like a productive forward direction.
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