From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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To: | Tony Caduto <tony(dot)caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Free Pascal and Postgresql Functions, Possible? |
Date: | 2005-12-12 10:16:19 |
Message-ID: | 20051212101619.GA18650@svana.org |
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On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 10:03:57PM -0600, Tony Caduto wrote:
> Has there ever been any discussion on
> using Free Pascal to create functions (C Style)?
>
>
> I know pascal can be used to create user defined functions in other
> databases like Firebird (which was originally coded in C and now C++)
Has anyone tried? PostgreSQL doesn't particluarly care what language a
function was written in, just as long as the calling convention
matches.
That said, pascal has historically had a different calling convention
and that is likely to cause the most issues.
Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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