Re: pgsql in shared lib

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
Cc: ivan <iv(at)psycho(dot)pl>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql in shared lib
Date: 2003-09-08 21:29:10
Message-ID: 3457.1063056550@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> writes:
> ivan <iv(at)psycho(dot)pl> writes:
>> ist possible to compile postgres (after same small modification) to shared
>> so, or dll , and usr it like normal postgres , but without any server and
>> so on.

> Not without very major code changes.

... which are unlikely to happen, given the development community's
strong emphasis on reliability. An embedded database is inherently less
reliable than a client/server one, since any application bug has the
potential to corrupt the database. With client/server, at least we only
have to worry about our own bugs ;-)

regards, tom lane

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