Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Lonni J Friedman
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:30:29 -0800, Dann Corbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Excellent stability Not in my experience. > 2. Excellent scalability Well, its an 800lb gorilla, so it starts off with enough momentum. > 3. Superb toolset Used sqlplus lately? > 4. After-market support produc

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lonni J Friedman Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:06 AM To: Joshua D. Drake Cc: Randy Samberg; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Randy Samberg
: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question Lonni J Friedman wrote: >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> >>Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in >>other words make Postgres think

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Lonni J Friedman
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:38:13 -0800, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >>Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other > >>words make P

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-22 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Lonni J Friedman wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other words make Postgres think it is an Oracle database? If so, do you have any idea what percentage of people are doing thi

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-22 Thread Dann Corbit
PostgreSQL and Oracle are both relational databases. PostgreSQL and Oracle both use a very similar and interesting lock strategy for dealing with sets called MVCC. PostgreSQL and Oracle can both be accessed in complete a completely generic way using ODBC, OLEDB, JDBC, or a .NET provider. Postg

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-22 Thread Guy Rouillier
Randy Samberg wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in > other words make Postgres think it is an Oracle database? If so, do > you have any idea what percentage of people are doing this, and how > successful they are with this? Also, how is this done? Do you

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-22 Thread Lonni J Friedman
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other > words make Postgres think it is an Oracle database? If so, do you have any > idea what percentage of people are doing this, and how succes