From: | darrenk(at)insightdist(dot)com (Darren King) |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] char types gone. |
Date: | 1998-03-24 15:52:26 |
Message-ID: | 9803241552.AA74830@ceodev |
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> The nicest thing would be if contrib was changed to "modules", and
> everything was compiled and installed in /usr/local/pgsql/modules/.
> Then the user could install them by typing "INSMOD ORACLE" and then
> /usr/local/pgsql/modules/oracle/insmod.sql would be executed and
> install shared libraries and sql commands. "RMMOD ORACLE" would
> do the opposite. Just like Linux modules.
Vadim has something very similar to this in the contrib/spi Makefile.
Would be a nice model to follow. I agree with your other comment about
the impression given by "contrib."
Contrib could stay the way it is, for independent contributions, then
have a new directory, "modules", for contributions that are integrated
into the postgres make.
Tonight I will finalize my patch for the char types removal and then
later in the week think more about this idea.
> Perhaps it would even be possible to autoload modules if the modules
> directories contains a file with commands/functions listed, which
> would be searched automagically...
>
> This is the idea:
>
> Is it possible to register commands dynamically in the parser?
CREATE COMMAND would be a new one. Talk about extensibility! :)
darrenk
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