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* Re: SQL Interface (and more)
@ 1970-01-01 00:00  Thomas Krebs <krebs@faps.uni-erlangen.de>
  parent: V.Grabner <zen@zen.gklw.co.at>
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From: Thomas Krebs @ 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: V.Grabner <zen@zen.gklw.co.at>; +Cc: ucb-postgres

> We would also be very interested in it.
> 
> There are also a few things:
> 
> We are using postgres on 2 different platforms (Linux + SunOs) 
> here for a about a year, have it in CVS an we've it patched a lot.
> 
I have also a number of patches done, I could commit.

> (minor bugs, changes (like "copy to,from"), stability enhancements, etc)
> 
> We also have a list of "don't use" here, like
> 
> hash indices		-> break postgres (reproducable)
> the abstime type 	-> only seem to work without DST
> some array statements	-> make the backend core-dump
> records > 8K data	-> destroy the database with post mortem warning
> etc ..
> 
> and we also extented some #defines like NBACKENDS and stuff for
> large scale databases.
> 
> The question is:
> 
> Are there enough people interrested to do a (public) project kind of like 
> Postgres95, where we could fix some major problems , extend the monster and 
> add the fault tolerance needed for normal use ?
> 
Maybe an group could be built to manage a central source repository, where
hackers could send their patches to, and maybe an active developers group
is growing out of that.
Opinions???

Thomas
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* Re:  SQL Interface
@ 1995-04-27 08:32  Richard Taylor <rjt@rivers.dra.hmg.gb>
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From: Richard Taylor @ 1995-04-27 08:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ucb-postgres


> 
> > I am interested in a SQL interface to Postgres instead of the PostQuel 
> > included with the package.  Does anybody know of such a layer on the Net, 
> > which can be modified to fit Postgres. Thanks.
> 
> There is an SQL-version of Postgres called Postgres95. Postgres95 is
> derived from the last official release (4.2) of POSTGRES. We replace
> Postquel with SQL and also remove some features that do not work. The
> code size has been reduced by 25% and it runs about 30-50% faster compared
> with v4.2 (on the Wisconsin Benchmark).
> 
> Unfortunately, this is a pet project of mine and Jolly Chen and we don't have
> a scheduled release date. However, if anyone is interested, we will be
> happy to provide a you copy.
> 
> Postgres95 has been tested on Alpha (OSF 2.1, 3.0), DECStation (Ultrix 4.4),
> SPARC (SunOS 4.1.3), SPARC (Solaris 2.4), HP 9000/700 (HPUX 9.0). An NT
> port is in the works.
> 
> -andrew
> 

I for one would be very interested in taking a look at this.

Richard



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* Re: SQL Interface (and more)
@ 1995-04-27 15:11  V.Grabner <zen@zen.gklw.co.at>
  parent: Richard Taylor <rjt@rivers.dra.hmg.gb>
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From: V.Grabner @ 1995-04-27 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ucb-postgres


> > Postgres95 has been tested on Alpha (OSF 2.1, 3.0), DECStation (Ultrix 4.4),
> > SPARC (SunOS 4.1.3), SPARC (Solaris 2.4), HP 9000/700 (HPUX 9.0). An NT
> > port is in the works.

We would also be very interested in it.

There are also a few things:

We are using postgres on 2 different platforms (Linux + SunOs) 
here for a about a year, have it in CVS an we've it patched a lot.

(minor bugs, changes (like "copy to,from"), stability enhancements, etc)

We also have a list of "don't use" here, like

hash indices		-> break postgres (reproducable)
the abstime type 	-> only seem to work without DST
some array statements	-> make the backend core-dump
records > 8K data	-> destroy the database with post mortem warning
etc ..

and we also extented some #defines like NBACKENDS and stuff for
large scale databases.

The question is:

Are there enough people interrested to do a (public) project kind of like 
Postgres95, where we could fix some major problems , extend the monster and 
add the fault tolerance needed for normal use ?

--zen

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* Long running time for query
@ 1995-04-27 20:33  Brian Gallew <bg11@eden.as.cmu.edu>
  parent: V.Grabner <zen@zen.gklw.co.at>
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From: Brian Gallew @ 1995-04-27 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ucb-postgres

The following query take ~588 seconds to run:

retrieve (c.lname, c.fname, count = cust_freq_count(c.id)) 
        from c in Customer 
        sort by count, lname, fname

where cust_freq_count is defined as

define function cust_freq_count \
(language = "postquel", returntype = int4)\
arg is (int4)\
as "retrieve (count = count{Call.callerrn where Call.callerrn = $1})

Doing the same thing in tclpqx with:

retrieve (c.callerrn) from c in Call sort by callerrn
<retrieve lines, reduce list/produce count values>
retrieve (c.id, c.fname, c.lname) from c in Customer sort by id
<retrieve values, join lists>

takes ~38 seconds.  Perhaps I'm stupid, but shouldn't this be faster in the 
backend, rather than in a scripting language?  If anyone wants to see the 
complete code, I=ll be happy to forward it!

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* Re: SQL Interface (and more)
@ 1995-04-28 08:46  Lukas Rosenthaler <rosenth@foto.chemie.unibas.ch>
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From: Lukas Rosenthaler @ 1995-04-28 08:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ucb-postgres; zen@zen.gklw.co.at

>>Are there enough people interrested to do a (public) project kind of like
Postgres95, where we could fix some major problems , extend the monster and
add the fault tolerance needed for normal use ?


Yes, I would be intersted...

L. Rosenthaler

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