Re: PLPythonu for production server

On 4 March 2016 at 10:46, Rémi Cura <remi(dot)cura(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks for the answer guys.
>
> I should have mentionned that I had read the doc,
> and was looking for non explicit knowledge,
> like :
> - what is the reputation of plpython for a dba?
>

Dunno.

- are there actual production system that use it
>

I used it in an SMS processing system and it worked like a charm. That
system never made it to the production phase, though.

> - what would be the recommended usage perimeter ?
> (only administration script like function, advanced processing, etc ...)
>

I would say, in general, use untrusted languages only if the trusted ones
are not capable or practical for your goals. (Reading/writing/processing
data outside of the database, using third party tools for processing, etc.)

Regards,
Sándor