Re: [RFC] What would be difficult to make data models pluggable for making PostgreSQL a multi-model database?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "MauMau" <maumau307(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] What would be difficult to make data models pluggable for making PostgreSQL a multi-model database?
Date: 2017-08-19 17:03:37
Message-ID: 57831.1503162217@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"MauMau" <maumau307(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I'm thinking of making PostgreSQL a multi-model database by supporting
> data models other than the current relational model. A data model
> consists of a query language (e.g. SQL for relational model, Cypher
> for graph model), a parser and analyzer to transform a query into a
> query tree, a planner to transform the query tree into an execution
> plan, an executor, and a storage engine.

It sounds like what you want is to replace all of Postgres except
the name. I'm not clear on the point.

regards, tom lane

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