Re: Major features for 9.1 - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Aidan Van Dyk
Subject Re: Major features for 9.1
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Msg-id 4d99dfe9.cc7e0e0a.2d19.ffffac7f@mx.google.com
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In response to Major features for 9.1  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Kevin Grittner wrote:

>> * wCTE: Writeable Common Table Expressions
>> Reason: replace large amounts of app code with single queries.
>> Also, we may be the first DB to have this.  Anyone know?
>
> This is very cool, but I don't know how many people know enough
> about CTEs to be impressed.

But those of us who do, are *itching* to use them in production applications
instead of having to pull everything into application code (or pl/*
functions) just to push into another query ;-)


>> * SQL/MED with FILE_FDW
>> Reason: allows using PostgreSQL to query any kind of data source
>> you can roll a driver for.  First one shipping reads CSV files,
>> eliminating the need to COPY them into the database in many cases.
>
> I have no idea how big the audience is for this one.

I *hope* this will really grow though, through adoption of extensions, and
PGXN...

Man 9.1 is packed with good stuff ;-)

a.

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