From: "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de>
To: <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: Org Mode Mailing List <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Supporting non-free SQL clients in ob-sql
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 07:59:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yctbx1z.fsf@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1pKtph-00082q-4Z@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:25:53 -0500")
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
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>
> > The 'support' is essentially specialised comint based interfaces tweaked
> > to work with the various SQL database engine command line clients such
> > as psql for Postgres and sqlplus for Oracle. This involves codes to use
> > the comint buffer to send commands/regions to the SQL client and read
> > back the results and run interactive 'repl' like sessions with the
> > client.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Based on our general policies, it is ok to do this. It is ok for
> Postgres because that is free software. It is ok for Oracle because
> that is widely known.
>
> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> > It is hard to define "well known". For me, oracle and mssql databases
> > are well-known (just by company name), while saphana and vertica are
> > not.
>
> I have never heard of saphana or vertica, which suggests that maybe
> this is an issue. However, I don't know the database field, so I
> am the wrong one to judge.
I assume that 'saphana' actually refers to 'SAP HANA'[1], which is an
in-memory RDMS produced by SAP, the large German software company. I
think this product may well qualify as being 'well-known', at least in
the field of enterprise software.
Cheers,
Loris
Footnotes:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_HANA
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Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-16 10:48 [PATCH] ob-sql: Add support for Athena Daniel Kraus
2023-01-16 11:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-16 11:52 ` Daniel Kraus
2023-01-16 20:50 ` Tim Cross
2023-01-17 9:42 ` Daniel Kraus
2023-01-17 10:06 ` Supporting non-free SQL clients in ob-sql (was: [PATCH] ob-sql: Add support for Athena) Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-17 11:38 ` Tim Cross
2023-01-23 4:23 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-23 6:33 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-25 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-25 7:57 ` Tim Cross
2023-01-25 12:35 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 14:05 ` Tim Cross
2023-01-25 14:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 21:11 ` Tim Cross
2023-02-26 2:59 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-28 4:45 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-30 14:51 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-28 4:43 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-25 11:51 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-29 5:15 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-23 12:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-23 20:12 ` Tim Cross
2023-01-26 4:25 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-26 6:59 ` Loris Bennett [this message]
2023-01-26 10:22 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-26 11:05 ` Supporting non-free SQL clients in ob-sql Heinz Tuechler
2023-01-26 11:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-26 11:47 ` Heinz Tuechler
2023-01-28 4:45 ` Supporting non-free SQL clients in ob-sql (was: [PATCH] ob-sql: Add support for Athena) Richard Stallman
2023-01-29 14:21 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-04 5:15 ` Richard Stallman
2023-01-26 4:26 ` Richard Stallman
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