Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by timClicks on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:43PM
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I wince a little whenever I see an introductory tutorial for Postgres extensions using C. pgx allows you to write Rust, and has lots of features to make your code type safe https://github.com/zombodb/pgx
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by latenightcoding on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:23PM
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I wince a little when someone suggests to throw away battle-tested solutions written in C just because someone wrote and unproven alternative in Rust.
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by reltuk on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:38PM
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Yeah, pgx is quite impressive and is a great set of bindings with very accessible examples, etc. Definitely something to be aware of for people that prefer building things in Rust. Thanks for pointing it out here.
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by antman on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:04AM
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I think the easiest is python https://github.com/Segfault-Inc/Multicorn
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by frafra on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:49AM
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It does not work with recent versions of Postgres, it segfaults in some cases, and it has been mostly abandoned. Otherwise, it would be (and it has been) a great way to develop FDWs.
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Re:Creating a Postgres Foreign Data Wrapper
by Tostino on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @04:33PM
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Yup, if someone picks up maintenance again then that can continue. But if that doesn't happen, we really need to stop mentioning/recommending it. I see it all over the damn internet, well after it became unmaintained.
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