[Koha-devel] an interesting idea

[MJ Ray]

Pat Eyler <pate at eylerfamily.org> wrote:
>    we don't currently 'support' PostgreSQL,
>    we'd like to,
>    we need one or more developers to step up if we're to get there.

Well, it seems that we have three "developers" of sorts that have come
out of the woodwork so far.  If the ones who have talked about it in
the past are still here, it's probably more.  I know some of that will
only be testing, but it should be enough to make a start.

> That's why I talked about deciding to support PostgreSQL in the future.

But that's (deciding to (support PostgreSQL in the future)) or
((deciding to support PostgreSQL) in the future)... there's the
misunderstanding.  I thought the first was already done, the second
has to wait for the code.

> There certainly are areas where it would help enormously (i.e. the DB
> creation/alteration bits in the install/upgrade scripts).  There are other
> places where it might be useful (i.e., taking advantage of
> *SQLisms that we feel are worth using).  I hope that it would also make
> tuning/testing easier.

Actually, there's another point.  Not all versions of MySQL actually
support proper SQL.  I'm not 100% sure what the current state is.
At least at first, we either have to be careful only to use the
intersection of MySQL and SQL, or use a phrasebook.

Personally, I think creating any non-installation DBMS-specific versions
*unless we must* will be a shame.

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