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robertlagrant | 1 month ago

> their policy is not to accept RDMS engine specific queries

Why? Is it so they can switch in future?

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NARKOZ|1 month ago

Earlier Rails avoided database specific features so apps could stay portable using only ActiveRecord. Since then Rails has added much better PostgreSQL support: JSON/JSONB, hstore, array columns, GIN/GiST indexes.

cl0ckt0wer|1 month ago

Then they don't have to troubleshoot advanced queries.