On 1 June 2012 02:36, John Townsend <jtownsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > There are least 10 Procedural Languages available for PostGreSQL. The one > that comes with the installation is PL/pgSQL. The count looks closer to 18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostgreSQL#Procedural_languages but I doubt some get much use (PL/LOLCODE anyone?). PL/R opens some good functionality not offered by any other language, and is particularly useful for statistics, GIS and other science applications. R itself is often a wrapper to dusty FORTRAN subroutines published in statistics journals decades ago. -Mike -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
