Hans, I am a little confused about what you are suggesting. Are you suggesting flag to the make of the contrib module rather than configure tests?
I agree this is a killer feature for many people and would like to have it in 7.4. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans-Jürgen Schönig wrote: > > I think for that very reason (SQL-MED) we need to come to terms with > > this issue. If/when connections to external data sources is in the > > backend, you'll have those exact same dependencies. And in fact, we do > > today: consider '--with-openssl' or '--with-tcl'. > > > > I had always assumed we would need '--with-oracle', '--with-jdbc', etc > > (or whatever you want to call them) to support backend connections to > > external sources. And this discussion is the very reason I was hesitant > > to pursue dblink_ora or jdbclink now, because I didn't think people > > would be comfortable with configure options to support a contrib library. > > > > Joe > > If dblink was a core module I would say that adding the configure stuff > would be very natural. Since this is contrib stuff I was not that sure > about configure anymore. We will need additional flags for external data > sources in the (hopefully) near future so I think we should add it. > > Personally I tend to think about a solution like that. dblink has a > great future and many people simply love it (I cannot think of a > customer who does not like it - it is a killer feature): > > - implement the concepts proposed by Joe on this list yesterday (I am > talking about the functions dblink should provide) > - add support to configure > - merge dblink with dblink_ora as soon as the changes are ready > - adapt jdbc_link and merge it with dblink > - implement dblink_db2, dblink_csv, dblink_xml, and maybe some others > - leave it in contrib because this way it will be shipped with the core > distribution and people will use it more frequently > > I hope that I will finish the Oracle stuff (named connections, ...) > within the next 3 days. > > Regards, > > Hans > > > -- > Cybertec Geschwinde u Schoenig > Ludo-Hartmannplatz 1/14, A-1160 Vienna, Austria > Tel: +43/2952/30706; +43/664/233 90 75 > www.cybertec.at, www.postgresql.at, kernel.cybertec.at > > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
