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UniData Jobs

Ovid on 2008-05-28T04:12:59

Right before I left on holiday, a recruiter called and asked if I was interested in a UniData job. I said 'no' out of reflex because I'm quite happy with my job. Then I started to think about what I was offered.

UniData? OK, I worked on that many years ago, but seriously, UniData? It's a multi-value database system (MV). I used to think they were cool but I was wrong. I am sure that I never want to work on another one. Please, no more MV job offers, thank you.

Isn't PostgreSQL a multi-value database?

btilly on 2008-05-29T01:40:54

I'm thinking of the array support. If it isn't a multi-value database, it wouldn't take much to make it one.

That said, not many people actually use that feature...

Re:Isn't PostgreSQL a multi-value database?

Ovid on 2008-05-29T14:12:22

I know there is (or was) an open-source project to use this feature to create an MV database with PG, but I'm not sure if it went anywhere.

Re:Isn't PostgreSQL a multi-value database?

kaare on 2008-05-30T06:50:06

Arrays in Postgres? I do

Actually, it's quite useful in a few places.