Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

2005-10-20 Thread Doug Quale
"Guy Rouillier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Doug Quale wrote: >> >> # select 'a'::char(8) = 'a '::char(8); >> ?column? >> -- >> t >> (1 row) >> >> Trailing blanks aren't significant in fixed-

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

2005-10-19 Thread Doug Quale
"Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I was referring to trailing blanks, but did not explicitly say it, >> though showed it in the examples. I am pretty sure that the SQL >> standard says that trailing whitespace is insignificant in s

Re: [GENERAL] Help with converting hexadecimal to decimal

2005-03-31 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian writes: > Chandra Sekhar Surapaneni wrote: > > Hi All, > > Is there a built in function which works exactly the opposite way as > > to_hex(). > > I basically want to convert a a hexadecimal to a decimal. > > Sure: > > test=> SELECT x'10'::integer; >int4 >

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Quale
"Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real > GPL zealot. ;) Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you c

Re: [GENERAL] About GPL and proprietary software

2003-09-24 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The fact is the MySQL and the FSF want to make the GPL reach as far as > possible, so there is no attempt to make a reasonable definition. In > fact, they rely on that fuzzy definition, and the threat of legal action > (legal extortion) to further the r

Re: [GENERAL] About GPL and proprietary software

2003-09-02 Thread Doug Quale
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The FSF would _like_ dynamic linking to pass the GPL to the > closed-source binary, but that doesn't make it so --- I would like a lot > of things but wanting it to happen isn't enough. > > Their FAQ says (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html): > >