Hello,
As OSCON is in Portland (I think?). I might also be willing to host an
informal get together
here at Command Prompt for everyone.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
elein wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:00:37PM -0800, Joe Conway wrote:
>
>
>>elein wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It would be nice to have some sort of knowledge
>>>of which postgres people are speaking. I am
>>>planning on submitting a talk as I did last year.
>>>
>>>
>>I'm thinking of doing a tutorial -- something like "Extending PostgreSQL
>>with C" -- show/explain (comments/additions welcome):
>> - contrib build system basics
>> - building a simple scalar function
>> - I/O functions and a building custom datatype
>> - simple polymorphic scalar functions
>> - SRF using the one-row-at-a-time api
>> - SRF using a tuplestore
>>
>>
>
>This was the tutorial I submitted last year that was rejected.
>Perhaps we will all have better luck this year.
>Add the explanation of the many macros. They and
>the internal represenations of data types (varlenas :-)
>are not familiar or obvious to others. (I'll go
>through my notes for other ideas.)
>
>
>
>>I think it would be nice if we had a tutorial or session on advanced use
>> of each PL -- at least for the most commonly used ones.
>>
>>
>>
>>>It would help us coordinate the BOF better.
>>>We did not do a good job last year. It would
>>>also help us talk about some of the things that
>>>could be better this year than last. I have some
>>>(ahem) opinions about this.
>>>
>>>
>>Great -- let's hear 'em ;-)
>>
>>
>
>In the next message...
>
>
>>Joe
>>
>>
>>
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