In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 10:12:52AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trent Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > > I'm interested in seeing how well something like PostgreSQL can be
> > > used as a ``drop-in'' replacement for Oracle. If I have clients
> > > connecting via ODBC (Rational ClearQuest), I personally couldn't
> > > care what the underlying database is. Now *that* is something I'd
> > > be interested in seeing a write up for.
> > It's not a drop-in replacement. You have to install the PostgreSQL
> > ODBC drivers on all the clients. Any client-side scripts will have to
> > be changed to use a PostgreSQL wrappers instead of Oracle
> > wrappers. The SQL is probably subtly different as well.
> > SQL may be a standard, but you still get locked into the databases
> > that you can query with it.
> Perhaps I should have been more specific. I'm interested in how far
> you can get (i.e. what queries will work, what ones won't) before
> you reach a complete road-block.
That requires in-depth knowledge of both systems, which I try to avoid
having. I try to write plain-jane SQL so it will work on anything, or
use standardized wrappers that are available for a number of
databases.
> With regards to ODBC, changing the
> driver being used by the application's '*odbc.ini' configuration fi-
> le is sufficient for modifying the database being interfaced to, is
> it not? i.e. the application simply calls standard ODBC functions
> which the individual database drivers implement.
Right. Having to do it on every client means I won't call it a drop-in
replacement. Drop-ins should be transparent to the clients.
<mike
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