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PostgreSQL 8.2 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-so-they-say dept.

An anonymous reader writes to let us know that PostgreSQL 8.2 has been released (bits, release notes). 8.2 is positioned as a performance release. PostgreSQL it is still missing the SQL:2003 Window Functions that are critical in business reporting, so Oracle and DB2 will still win out for OLAP/data warehouse applications.

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  1. Real Men don't use Window Functions by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Their program-level code calculates the "sliding window" of rows, and creates the correct "where" clause of the query. AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY LIKE IT. Real Men are not concerned with finding new and "innovative" ( in the Bill Gates sense) excuses to take functionality out of the programming level and into the DB level, because Real Men can program both as necessary.

    The monetary savings of writing your own sliding windows code, instead of paying Oracle's licenses, are to be spent on BOOZE and HOOKERS.

  2. also "PostgreSQL it is still missing" by larry+bagina · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    PostgreSQL it is still missing.

    --
    Do you even lift?

    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  3. Re:bitmap? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    LOL, pointing out a major missing feature is a troll? good one, idiots