-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:28:11 -0800 Eric Davies <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? Uhhh... all? You can create custom data types and even use them on the fly via DOMAINS, we have full function support in just about every language imaginable and full support for hash, btree, ltree, gist and GIN indexes. > 2. What types of extensibility (possibly already available in > other DBMSs) are currently missing in PostgreSQL? None that I am aware of. > 3. To what extent was your choice of PostgreSQL as a development > platform based primarily on its extensibility features? > There is no other open source database that can compare with PostgreSQL's extensibility, reliability and scalability. Joshua D. Drake > ********************************************** > Eric Davies, M.Sc. > Barrodale Computing Services Ltd. > Tel: (250) 472-4372 Fax: (250) 472-4373 > Web: http://www.barrodale.com > Email: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ********************************************** > Mailing Address: > P.O. Box 3075 STN CSC > Victoria BC Canada V8W 3W2 > > Shipping Address: > Hut R, McKenzie Avenue > University of Victoria > Victoria BC Canada V8W 3W2 > ********************************************** > > - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate SELECT 'Training', 'Consulting' FROM vendor WHERE name = 'CMD' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhBclATb/zqfZUUQRAkfNAKCheraBon354vPvgRLUdr/oOhozxQCfUNfj pM1bdri5Zv04B9KQuyaX8qQ= =EN3c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
