Re: pgsql in shared lib

Is true, but sometimes programers needgood database engine for simply
program.I think that postgres is one of the best sql db for free and with
open source, but its too much to install server form only one application,
on one workstation . So i thought that there could be the way out , to
build most simple version of postgres to lib(s), its also could be like
porting ??

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> 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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