Comment by robertlagrant
1 month ago
> their policy is not to accept RDMS engine specific queries
Why? Is it so they can switch in future?
1 month ago
> their policy is not to accept RDMS engine specific queries
Why? Is it so they can switch in future?
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.
Then they don't have to troubleshoot advanced queries.