Re: pgsql in shared lib - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pgsql in shared lib
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Msg-id 3457.1063056550@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pgsql in shared lib  (Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>)
Responses Re: pgsql in shared lib  (ivan <iv@psycho.pl>)
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Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org> writes:
> ivan <iv@psycho.pl> writes:
>> ist possible to compile postgres (after same small modification) to shared
>> so, or dll , and usr it like normal postgres , but without any server and
>> so on.

> Not without very major code changes.

... which are unlikely to happen, given the development community's
strong emphasis on reliability.  An embedded database is inherently less
reliable than a client/server one, since any application bug has the
potential to corrupt the database.  With client/server, at least we only
have to worry about our own bugs ;-)
        regards, tom lane


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