From: Magnus Bäck (magnusdsek.lth.se)
Date: Sat Dec 04 2004 - 04:06:21 CST

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On Thursday, December 02, 2004 at 23:30 CET,
     Mike M <mikeopennix.com> wrote:

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> I didn't even bother to look at pgsql_table(5), or consider
> PostgreSQL. Thank you again for bringing something new to light. Is
> there a technical reason why this functionality exists for pgsql, but
> not mysql? Or is it a "when we get around to it" type of thing?

The latter. dict_pgsql is based on dict_mysql, but has since received
some enhancements that nobody has bothered to backport to dict_mysql.

> I think this would be very handy for the MySQL table type.

Indeed, especially as there are many more MySQL users than PostgreSQL
users.

> I appreciate you taking the time to answer me. You have given me a few
> alternatives that are likely better than what I was going to explore.

I'm glad to have been of help.

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Magnus Bäck
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