Emmanuel Charpentier wrote:
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Re: cross-database joins
However, I *think* that it could be done by another tool, such as
Easysoft's (Nick Gorham's, I think) SQL Engine, which allows for joins
between any ODBC-reachable tools. This tool is unreasonably expensive
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
The Hermit Hacker writes:
Is anyone looking at doing this? Is this purely a MySQL-ism, or is it
something that everyone else has except us?
It's not required by SQL, that's for sure. I think in 7.2 we'll tackle
schema support, which will accomplish the same
Is anyone looking at doing this? Is this purely a MySQL-ism, or is it
something that everyone else has except us?
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On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:30:17AM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
Is anyone looking at doing this? Is this purely a MySQL-ism, or is it
something that everyone else has except us?
Afaik either Informix or Sybase (both?) has it too. Dunno about
anything else.
Marc G. Fournier
Is anyone looking at doing this? Is this purely a MySQL-ism, or is it
something that everyone else has except us?
We should not only support access to all db's under one postmaster,
but also remote access to other postmaster's databases.
All biggie db's allow this in one way or another
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 11:30:17AM -0400, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
Is anyone looking at doing this? Is this purely a MySQL-ism, or is it
something that everyone else has except us?
Think "schema". I don't foresee supporting joins across multiple
databases any time soon (unless someone wants
It's not required by SQL, that's for sure. I think in 7.2 we'll tackle
schema support, which will accomplish the same thing. Many people
(including myself) are of the opinion that not allowing cross-db access is
in fact a feature.
I am hoping that when we get to query tree redesign we will
Zeugswetter Andreas SB writes:
It's not required by SQL, that's for sure. I think in 7.2 we'll tackle
schema support, which will accomplish the same thing.
It does not (e.g. remote access).
Maybe this is handled better by an external corba server or some such
thing.
Many people
The Hermit Hacker wrote:
sounds like something that should be handled at the application level
though ... at least the concept of 'access to other db manufacturers' ...
no?
If and when we will get functions that can return rowsets (IIRC Oracle's
RETURN AND CONTINUE)the simplest case can be
