Re: plpq

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Darko Prenosil <darko(dot)prenosil(at)finteh(dot)hr>
Cc: hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plpq
Date: 2002-10-29 17:39:40
Message-ID: 200210291739.g9THdeX06374@candle.pha.pa.us
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Darko Prenosil wrote:
> It is wrapper about libpq client library functions for use in PL/PSQL.
> I agreed with Joe Conway that it may fit within dblink, because dblink is much
> more easy to work with than the libpq, but sometimes it is Just not enough.
> So, the idea is to re-implement all important libpq functions like
> PQConnectdb,
> PQExec ... and make one postgres server become just a client for another (or
> another's) postgres server. As You know, dblink still does not support
> simultaneous connections to two different databases, but with this it can !
> I agreed with Joe that when he is back from holiday he will take a look.

Brilliant idea. I assume you added those functions and rewrote dblink
to use them. dblink already is great, but by adding libpq inside
plpgsql, all sorts of other things become possible.

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