Re:Why CockroachDB and PostgreSQL Are Compatible
by ithrow on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:23AM
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The title is deceitful since it is not really compatible.
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Re:Why CockroachDB and PostgreSQL Are Compatible
by Supermancho on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:39AM
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Not every postgresql installation can perform every postrgresql feature (via plugins). That doesn't make postgresql incompatible with itself.
I use a postgresql connector to execute some postgresql specific sql statement on CockroachDB. That's a baseline quality for "compatible".
Re:Why CockroachDB and PostgreSQL Are Compatible
by rafiss on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:02PM
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We do have compatibility gaps -- some big, some small. But I would still call it compatible because it's definitely close enough to use a PostgreSQL driver with it in production. I would be curious to hear your opinion on which incompatibilities are most important to address.