On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:37 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 06:12:32PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >> I suggest you do not assume that Oracle implementation details apply to >> Postgres, because they do not, most of the time. They certainly don't >> in this case. > > And I suggest you go back and read where I said I had to do this on > several databases and am trying to avoid custom SQL for each one. I > would much rather this were postgresql only, but it's not.
My experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL together tell me that you're better off researching a proper method for each db independent of the other. While it may be possible to come with a generic method that works well in both dbs for a lot of things, this doesn't look like one of them. -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
