Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Schuchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % but there it is only clear that Postgres is based in Ingres. But i also % don't know what Ingres means. Ingres was a Spanish painter. Not every name has to mean something. -- Patrick TJ McPhee North York Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 03:03 +, Patrick TJ McPhee wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Daniel Schuchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: % but there it is only clear that Postgres is based in Ingres. But i also % don't know what Ingres means. Ingres was a Spanish painter. Not every name has to mean something. Spanish? I always thought he was a French painter. Best Regards, Simon Riggs ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
Le mercredi 20 avril 2005 à 17:12 +0100, Simon Riggs a écrit : Ingres was a Spanish painter. Not every name has to mean something. Spanish? I always thought he was a French painter. You can't be good in history of art and database systems. Oh wait a minute... =:-D Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres naquit à Montauban le 29 août 1780 Nice town, good wine, wonderful food. Great rugby team... Cheers Tony ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Simon Riggs wrote:
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 03:03 +, Patrick TJ McPhee wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Daniel Schuchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
% but there it is only clear that Postgres is based in Ingres. But i also
% don't know what Ingres means.
Ingres was a Spanish painter. Not every name has to mean something.
Spanish? I always thought he was a French painter.
He was:
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/Ingres/Ingres.shtml
And its pronounced: {ang'-gruh}
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Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
On Apr 21, 2005, at 1:28, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
He was:
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Art/Ingres/Ingres.shtml
And its pronounced: {ang'-gruh}
Could we get Bruce to record an MP3 for the site?
Michael Glaesemann
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Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
Its a takeoff of ingres, the ORDBMS (Object-Relational Database Management System) postgres is based on...The origins date to 1977 at UC Berkeley. On 4/19/05, Daniel Schuchardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for fun and interrest.What means Postgres? Where and why this name was born?Daniel---(end of broadcast)---TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:24:22PM +0200, Daniel Schuchardt wrote: What means Postgres? Where and why this name was born? See A Brief History of PostgreSQL in the PostgreSQL documentation and some of the documents it links to: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/history.html According to The design of POSTGRES by Stonebreaker and Rowe, POSTGRES means POST inGRES (the successor to INGRES). Various other sources say that INGRES means INteractive Graphics (and) REtrieval System. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
Or, according to Babelfish, if Postgres is a Spanish word, it translates to poststoneware in English. Nonsense of course, but I thought it was funny. On 4/19/05, Michael Fuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:24:22PM +0200, Daniel Schuchardt wrote: What means Postgres? Where and why this name was born? See A Brief History of PostgreSQL in the PostgreSQL documentation and some of the documents it links to: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/history.html According to The design of POSTGRES by Stonebreaker and Rowe, POSTGRES means POST inGRES (the successor to INGRES). Various other sources say that INGRES means INteractive Graphics (and) REtrieval System. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
Michael Fuhr schrieb: According to The design of POSTGRES by Stonebreaker and Rowe, POSTGRES means POST inGRES (the successor to INGRES). Various other sources say that INGRES means INteractive Graphics (and) REtrieval System. Ah, this is what i searched. I read http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/history.html but there it is only clear that Postgres is based in Ingres. But i also don't know what Ingres means. now I know ;-) Daniel ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres?
Ironic too, if we think of the name Stonebreaker -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Harding Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:02 AM To: Michael Fuhr Cc: Daniel Schuchardt; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] What means Postgres? Or, according to Babelfish, if Postgres is a Spanish word, it translates to poststoneware in English. Nonsense of course, but I thought it was funny. On 4/19/05, Michael Fuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 05:24:22PM +0200, Daniel Schuchardt wrote: What means Postgres? Where and why this name was born? See A Brief History of PostgreSQL in the PostgreSQL documentation and some of the documents it links to: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/history.html According to The design of POSTGRES by Stonebreaker and Rowe, POSTGRES means POST inGRES (the successor to INGRES). Various other sources say that INGRES means INteractive Graphics (and) REtrieval System. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
