Experiences with extensibility

[Eric Davies <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The existing server extensibilities in modern DBMSs have been critical in
our company?s development of software products that improve database
performance for certain scientific computing applications.  We are
planning to develop other products that will utilize an extensible
database engine, and so we would be grateful for feedback on the
following questions as they pertain to your experience in developing
PostgreSQL applications:
 
1.      What types of extensibility (i.e., data
types, functions/methods, indexing, etc.) are available and convenient to
use in practice?
2.      What types of extensibility (possibly
already available in other DBMSs) are currently missing in
PostgreSQL?
3.      To what extent was your choice of
PostgreSQL as a development platform based primarily on its extensibility
features?

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Eric Davies, M.Sc.
Barrodale Computing Services Ltd.
Tel: (250) 472-4372 Fax: (250) 472-4373
Web: http://www.barrodale.com
Email: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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