Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Christopher Nighswonger
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Marc Balmer wrote: > Am 23.03.12 21:39, schrieb Ian Walls: >> Marc, ... > >> Are there any specific features of PostgreSQL that would lead to a >> beneficial new feature for library patrons?  I know there is plenty of >> literature on it's merits over MySQL, but

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 23.03.12 21:39, schrieb Ian Walls: > Marc, > > > Without concrete examples of what RDMS-specific features would be desirable > for us, I'm more inclined to reach for compliance with standards (and thus > any standards-based RDMS) than for adding support for specific new RDMS > systems. Now, o

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Ian Walls
Marc, Without concrete examples of what RDMS-specific features would be desirable for us, I'm more inclined to reach for compliance with standards (and thus any standards-based RDMS) than for adding support for specific new RDMS systems. Now, of course every RDMS is different, and will implement

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 23.03.12 17:23, schrieb Ian Walls: > According to rule SQL6 of our Coding Guidelines ( > http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Coding_Guidelines#Database), backquotes > are not acceptable, as they are a MySQL-ism. Part of the duty of QA is to > verify that the coding guidelines are met, so it is

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Marc Balmer
Am 23.03.12 13:27, schrieb Chris Nighswonger: > Hi Marc, > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: > >> Dear Koha-Devels, >> >> during the Marseille Hackfest 2012 I started together with Stephane and >> Christophe from BibLibre to add support for the PostgreSQL database. >> The ult

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Paul Poulain
Le 23/03/2012 13:27, Chris Nighswonger a écrit : > Hi Marc, Hi Chris, > Furthermore, what "will" and "will not" pass QA is subject to > the discretion of the community appointed QA manager, not other individuals. Marc comment was made after a discussion we had during the hackfest, where I said him

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Ian Walls
According to rule SQL6 of our Coding Guidelines ( http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Coding_Guidelines#Database), backquotes are not acceptable, as they are a MySQL-ism. Part of the duty of QA is to verify that the coding guidelines are met, so it is reasonable to say that such markings *should*

[Koha-devel] Hackfest 2012 in Marseille feedback

2012-03-23 Thread Paul Poulain
Hello, If you want to know what we made during the hackfest i've written an entry in koha-community.org : http://koha-community.org/marseille-hackfest-2012-feedback/ Happy reading & thanks to all of those who came ! -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-d

Re: [Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Chris Nighswonger
Hi Marc, On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Marc Balmer wrote: > Dear Koha-Devels, > > during the Marseille Hackfest 2012 I started together with Stephane and > Christophe from BibLibre to add support for the PostgreSQL database. > The ultimate goal of this work is that Koha can run on a PostgreSQ

[Koha-devel] Adding support for PostgreSQL, no new MySQLisms, please

2012-03-23 Thread Marc Balmer
Dear Koha-Devels, during the Marseille Hackfest 2012 I started together with Stephane and Christophe from BibLibre to add support for the PostgreSQL database. The ultimate goal of this work is that Koha can run on a PostgreSQL server as as good as it does now on a MySQL server. This mostly boils