Re: postgresql embedded mode - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: postgresql embedded mode
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In response to Re: postgresql embedded mode  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: postgresql embedded mode  (Jan de Visser <jan@de-visser.net>)
Re: postgresql embedded mode  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 6:54 AM, aluka raju <alukaraju2894@gmail.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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