← Back to context Comment by robertlagrant 1 day ago > their policy is not to accept RDMS engine specific queriesWhy? Is it so they can switch in future? 2 comments robertlagrant Reply NARKOZ 7 hours 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 day ago Then they don't have to troubleshoot advanced queries.
NARKOZ 7 hours 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.
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.