Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > >Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > > > >>Bruce Momjian wrote: > >> > >> > >>> There are three major standards: SQL-92, SQL:1999, and SQL:2003. > >>> > >>> > >>Actually, they are just different versions of the single major standard. > >>

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Bruce Momjian wrote: Peter Eisentraut wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: There are three major standards: SQL-92, SQL:1999, and SQL:2003. Actually, they are just different versions of the single major standard. Wording suggestion? There i

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > >There are three major standards: SQL-92, SQL:1999, and SQL:2003. > > Actually, they are just different versions of the single major standard. Wording suggestion? -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL P

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruce Momjian wrote: >There are three major standards: SQL-92, SQL:1999, and SQL:2003. Actually, they are just different versions of the single major standard. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---(end of broadcast)

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Troels Arvin wrote: > Hello Bruce, > > On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 17:19 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have updated it to: > > > > 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? > > [...] > > Great. > > > There are two major standards, SQL92 and SQL99. > > Shouldn't that be

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Troels Arvin
Hello Bruce, On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 17:19 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I have updated it to: > > 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? > [...] Great. > There are two major standards, SQL92 and SQL99. Shouldn't that be SQL-92 and SQL:2003, by the way? (SQL

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 05:19:13PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Thanks. I have updated it to: > > 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? > > There are two major standards, SQL92 and SQL99. Ah, shouldn't this say "there are three major ..." if you are goin

Re: [DOCS] Some developer FAQ links need updating

2004-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
Thanks. I have updated it to: 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? There are two major standards, SQL92 and SQL99. These standards are endorsed by ANSI and ISO. A draft of the SQL92 standard is available at http://www.contrib.andrew.

Re: [DOCS] SQL 2003 conformance

2004-10-14 Thread elein
What I've got is how the new SQL2003 features work with Postgres (or not). This is based on the paper that Alvaro suggested later in this thread. The information is helpful in reviewing postgres' conformance list. Anyway, Troels, ping me on IRC. --elein On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 09:14:13AM +0

Re: [DOCS] SQL 2003 conformance

2004-10-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 07:52:24PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > I think an overview of how the structure of SQL 2003 differs from SQL > 1999 would also help the group to analyse the individual feature groups > more quickly. Some guys from the SQL committee put up a paper on this: http://ww

Re: [DOCS] SQL 2003 conformance

2004-10-14 Thread Troels Arvin
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 19:52:24 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Is anyone feeling masochistic and wants to review the SQL standards > conformance chapter in the documentation for SQL 2003? That means a revision of src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt ? > I know that > several features were added

Re: [DOCS] SQL 2003 conformance

2004-10-14 Thread Peter Eisentraut
elein wrote: > I have a couple of the new features written up, but nothing > like an entire review. If someone can tackle this job > and wants help, I'll help (but I cannot sign up for the > whole thing). Or if someone wants the material > on the items I have done, just email me. I was not askin