Re: postgresql embedded mode

From: Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
To: "'David G(dot) Johnston *EXTERN*'" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, aluka raju <alukaraju2894(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: postgresql embedded mode
Date: 2016-05-23 13:17:13
Message-ID: A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B53853040@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 6:54 AM, aluka raju <alukaraju2894(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> As given in the FAQ's that postgresql cannot be embedded
>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FAQ#Can_PostgreSQL_be_embedded.3F .
>>
>> Is their any possibility to make it embedded. Till now postgresql has not done this embedded
>> mode and i want to work on how it can be embedded and contribute. please help me how to start or
>> suggest the idea-.
>
> ​Step 1 - Fork the project...
>
> ​Changing the fundamental architecture of the system is not something I would expect a project with
> this long of history to attempt to do directly. While the people working on the core product are
> welcome to spend their time however they like I don't imagine any of them would be willing to commit
> code to core pertaining to this capability. Most, if not all, of them likely don't believe it is even
> a good idea generally.

There was this patch by Tom Lane in 2012:
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/12511.1346631791@sss.pgh.pa.us

This can be used as something like an embedded database.
Nothing more happened with this patch, though.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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