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PostgreSQL Weekly News - February 12 2006
Security releases 8.1.3, 8.0.7, 7.4.12 and 7.3.14 are tagged. Get ready to upgrade.
A wide-ranging discussion is going on over writing user-defined types in Java and other languages. The upshot of this is that you will be able to make user-defined types without writing C code.
PostgreSQL Product News
EMS SQL Manager 2005 for PostgreSQL version 3.4 released. http://www.sqlmanager.net/products/postgresql/manager/download
Mammoth PostgreSQL now has Debian and Ubuntu packages http://www.mammothpostgresql.org/browser/mammothpostgresql
MicroOLAP Database Designer for PostgreSQL released. http://microolap.com/products/database/postgresql-designer/
PostgreSQL Local
At an SFPUG meeting and later at CodeCon 2006 in San Francisco, Meredith Patterson presented her "query by example" PostgreSQL extension. This method of querying by approximation is an exciting new tool for searches and for data mining in the future. Possibly more importantly to Meredith, her boyfriend proposed marriage to her at the conclusion of her presentation.
PostgreSQL in the News
JPUG will be having a conference February 17th and 18th. Josh Berkus will be speaking. http://www.postgresql.jp/misc/seminar/2006-02-17_18/index.html
The Centre for Epidemiology and Research and Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring in New South Wales, Australia, have been using PostgreSQL for real-time epidemiological studies. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/141
Bruce Momjian was interviewed on bsdtalk http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/2006/02/bsdtalk015-interview-with-postgresql.html
Planet PostgreSQL: http://www.planetpostgresql.org/
General Bits, published on Mondays (PST/PDT): http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/
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