| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> |
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| To: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> |
| Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Demo ideas? |
| Date: | 2006-02-02 18:47:09 |
| Message-ID: | 1138906039.2199.206.camel@camel |
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On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 13:36, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 10:05:49AM -0800, David Fetter wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:58:38AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Does anyone have suggestions on some quick things I can do to show
> > > off some of PostgreSQL's unique features?
> >
> > PL/R and PostGIS would be good for showing off extensibility. I'd
> > mention DBI-Link, but I'm not a disinterested party ;)
>
> I was going to mention PostGIS as well. Showing that you can write
> server-side functions in many languages (Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby,
> PHP, R, sh, etc.) should score geek points, especially if you
> demonstrate what can be done with set-returning functions.
>
Another option would be to show them pgAdmin III working around a slony
cluster. While *I* think writing function in multiple languages is cool,
it's not necessarily GUI friendly. Judge your audience accordingly.
Robert Treat
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