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Re: sqlite3 and dates

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Subject Re: sqlite3 and dates
Date 2015-02-19 07:14 +1100
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Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> writes:

> On 18.02.2015 08:05, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> > But if you need more facilities than SQLite3 can offer, maybe it's
> > time to move up to a full database server, instead of local files.
> > Switching to PostgreSQL will give you all those kinds of features,
> > plus a lot of other things that I would have thought pretty basic -
> > like ALTER TABLE. It was quite a surprise to learn that SQLite3 didn't
> > support that.
>
> I see you're running a lawnmower. Maybe you should switch to a combine
> harvester. That'll get you extra features like a reciprocating knife
> cutter bar. I was quite surprised that regular lawnmowers don't support
> those.

Chris has pointed out one flaw in this analogy; I'll address another.

A feature like ‘ALTER TABLE’ is not equivalent to a “reciprocating knife
cutter bar”. I'm in agreement that it is a pretty basic SQL feature, and
it doesn't appear to conflict with the narrow focus that we all agree is
appropriate for SQLite.

So you're mocking such an expectation as though it's expecting something
wildly niche. I think you're propping up a straw man there; the
expectation is quite simple and its absence from SQLite is astonishing.
Your attempted mockery does not, IMO, hit home.

-- 
 \          “When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is |
  `\   their holding dogmas that are different from our own.” —Charles |
_o__)                                                           Issawi |
Ben Finney

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Re: sqlite3 and dates Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 18:05 +1100
  Re: sqlite3 and dates Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2015-02-18 12:11 +0100
    Re: sqlite3 and dates Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 22:21 +1100
      Re: sqlite3 and dates Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2015-02-18 12:57 +0100
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 23:14 +1100
          Re: sqlite3 and dates Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2015-02-18 14:13 +0100
          Not sqlite3 and dates Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-02-19 04:53 +0200
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-02-19 13:18 +0000
      Re: sqlite3 and dates rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 14:17 -0800
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:37 +1100
          Not sqlite3 and dates Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-02-19 04:54 +0200
          Re: sqlite3 and dates Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-02-19 13:21 +0000
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-18 14:52 -0800
        'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 15:32 -0800
          Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 01:08 +0100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 11:42 +1100
              Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-19 13:13 +1100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-19 03:43 +0000
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:49 +0100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 20:10 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-19 18:07 +1100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 18:23 +1100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 12:26 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:47 +1100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 20:20 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-02-20 09:16 -0500
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Sibylle Koczian <nulla.epistola@web.de> - 2015-02-21 11:44 +0100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-02-21 12:54 -0500
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 22:23 +0100
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 20:27 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 12:20 -0800
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 20:05 -0800
              Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-19 08:21 -0600
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-02-19 18:22 +1300
              Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mario Figueiredo <marfig@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:33 +0100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-19 05:32 +0000
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-19 08:17 -0600
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-19 15:04 +0000
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 02:19 +1100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-19 10:03 -0600
              Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 11:45 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 11:03 +1100
          Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-20 13:17 -0800
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-20 21:44 +0000
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-20 14:10 -0800
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 12:24 +1100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-21 14:13 +1100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2015-02-20 15:31 -0600
            Re: 'Lite' Databases Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 16:39 +1100
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-02-20 22:22 -0800
              Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-20 22:42 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2015-02-21 00:17 -0800
                Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-02-21 00:32 -0800
            Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) "Eric S. Johansson" <esj@harvee.org> - 2015-02-21 14:27 -0500
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 19:33 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 15:01 +1100
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 15:09 +1100
          Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 20:26 -0800
          Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-19 18:23 +1100
        When to use SQLite3 [was Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates)] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-18 20:15 -0800
          Re: When to use SQLite3 [was Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates)] Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-02-19 06:59 +0200
            Re: When to use SQLite3 [was Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates)] Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-18 21:07 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 20:29 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 15:36 +1100
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 20:57 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 16:16 +1100
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) memilanuk <memilanuk@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 21:26 -0800
        Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-02-18 21:37 -0800
          Re: 'Lite' Databases (Re: sqlite3 and dates) rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-19 13:17 -0800
      Re: sqlite3 and dates Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-02-19 04:48 +0200
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-02-19 03:34 +0000
    Re: sqlite3 and dates Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-02-19 07:14 +1100
      Re: sqlite3 and dates rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 14:13 -0800
        Re: sqlite3 and dates Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-02-19 10:07 +1100
          Re: sqlite3 and dates rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-02-18 20:08 -0800

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