Re: how to use postgre sql from inside process

From: "Douglas McNaught" <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: CMOS <manusha1980(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how to use postgre sql from inside process
Date: 2008-04-10 18:34:58
Message-ID: 5ded07e00804101134s40755043yceeef680f1ceb58@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:45 AM, CMOS <manusha1980(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > hi,
> > i would like to get services of postgresql from inside the process (to
> > use it as a library and linking to it), i.e not having a separate
> > postgresql process and communicating with it. Is this possible?
>
> No.
>
>
> > if possible what are the impact on licensing.
>
> None. It's BSD. If you wanna try and hack up something like that go
> ahead. Generally you're better off with SQLLite.

Yes, it's theoretically possible, but making PG into a library would
be a LOT of work. Don't even think about it. Use SQLLite if you need
that kind of functionality.

-Doug

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