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> Redshift smelled enough like PostgreSQL I'm curious. How does something smell like Postgres? Does it use some of the same PG-specific datatypes?
by superails 13y ago
> Redshift smelled enough like PostgreSQL
I'm curious. How does something smell like Postgres? Does it use some of the same PG-specific datatypes?
- kungfooey 13y agoIt uses similar data types and has a similar API. The differences between the two are summarized in the documentation. http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_redshift-and-postgres-sql.html http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_redshift-and...
- tmarthal 13y agoNot only does it use the same datatypes, but I know that it uses the same pg wire format such that the java (and I'm sure python) postgres drivers work out of the box.