Thread: Need help on drivers, add-ons
Folks, For a variety of projects, I'm trying to assemble a list of "currently essential" add-ons to PostgreSQL. However, I'm starting to have sympathy for PG newbies; as a core team member I can't figure a lot of this out. For example: Which C++ driver is most current? Which python driver is the most full-featured? But getting to the point is: What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of potential users? -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > For a variety of projects, I'm trying to assemble a list of "currently > essential" add-ons to PostgreSQL. However, I'm starting to have sympathy > for PG newbies; as a core team member I can't figure a lot of this out. For > example: > > Which C++ driver is most current? > Which python driver is the most full-featured? > > But getting to the point is: > > What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of > potential users? And why do we have both gborg and pgfoundry? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Josh Berkus wrote: > Which python driver is the most full-featured? Depends on who you talk to ... there are two drivers under active development, I believe, with different priorities ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
Josh Berkus wrote: > Folks, > > For a variety of projects, I'm trying to assemble a list of "currently > essential" add-ons to PostgreSQL. However, I'm starting to have sympathy > for PG newbies; as a core team member I can't figure a lot of this out. For > example: > > Which C++ driver is most current? libpqxx > Which python driver is the most full-featured? psycopg > > But getting to the point is: > > What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of > potential users? npgsql odbc jdbc > -- Your PostgreSQL solutions provider, Command Prompt, Inc. 24x7 support - 1.800.492.2240, programming, and consulting Home of PostgreSQL Replicator, plPHP, plPerlNG and pgPHPToolkit http://www.commandprompt.com / http://www.postgresql.org
>>What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of >>potential users? > > > And why do we have both gborg and pgfoundry? Well to be fair, we are working on that ;) Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > -- Your PostgreSQL solutions provider, Command Prompt, Inc. 24x7 support - 1.800.492.2240, programming, and consulting Home of PostgreSQL Replicator, plPHP, plPerlNG and pgPHPToolkit http://www.commandprompt.com / http://www.postgresql.org
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >>What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of > >>potential users? > > > > > > And why do we have both gborg and pgfoundry? > > Well to be fair, we are working on that ;) Uh, how long have we had two and what is the timeframe for merging them? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Bruce Momjian wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>>>What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of >>>>potential users? >>> >>> >>>And why do we have both gborg and pgfoundry? >> >>Well to be fair, we are working on that ;) > > > Uh, how long have we had two and what is the timeframe for merging them? A long time, and the timeframe is long :) but it is happening. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > -- Your PostgreSQL solutions provider, Command Prompt, Inc. 24x7 support - 1.800.492.2240, programming, and consulting Home of PostgreSQL Replicator, plPHP, plPerlNG and pgPHPToolkit http://www.commandprompt.com / http://www.postgresql.org
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > >>>>What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of > >>>>potential users? > >>> > >>> > >>>And why do we have both gborg and pgfoundry? > >> > >>Well to be fair, we are working on that ;) > > > > > > Uh, how long have we had two and what is the timeframe for merging them? > > A long time, and the timeframe is long :) but it is happening. Well, the big question is why did we create a new site if we didn't have time to complete the migration in a prompt manner? -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
> Well, the big question is why did we create a new site if we didn't have > time to complete the migration in a prompt manner? Your welcome to jump in and help any time Bruce. We are getting ready to bring up a new pgFoundry server. I expect once that is done a lot of migration will begin to ramp up. You could also check the archives about the discussions of pgFoundry -> Gborg. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake Command Prompt, Inc. -- Your PostgreSQL solutions provider, Command Prompt, Inc. 24x7 support - 1.800.492.2240, programming, and consulting Home of PostgreSQL Replicator, plPHP, plPerlNG and pgPHPToolkit http://www.commandprompt.com / http://www.postgresql.org
Bruce, > Well, the big question is why did we create a new site if we didn't have > time to complete the migration in a prompt manner? Because we underestimated the time it would take to install and troubleshoot GForge and thus ran out of time to do migrations? Because the spring we installed GForge hub.org had unforseeable network issues that occupied our time? Really, Bruce. If you know someone champing at the bit to help us migrate stuff, turn them loose. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:32 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of > potential users? > DBD::Pg -- Jeff Trout <jeff@jefftrout.com> http://www.jefftrout.com/ http://www.stuarthamm.net/
On Thursday 28 April 2005 00:14, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> > Well, the big question is why did we create a new site if we didn't have
> > time to complete the migration in a prompt manner?
>
> Because we underestimated the time it would take to install and
> troubleshoot GForge and thus ran out of time to do migrations? Because the
> spring we installed GForge hub.org had unforseeable network issues that
> occupied our time?
>
> Really, Bruce. If you know someone champing at the bit to help us migrate
> stuff, turn them loose.
I am just working through website stuff waiting for the new server to be
brought up, but once it is I'm willing (planning?) to focus on getting that
migration done.
--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
Robert, > I am just working through website stuff waiting for the new server to be > brought up, but once it is I'm willing (planning?) to focus on getting that > migration done. Keen. Will chat with you on IRC. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Thursday 28 April 2005 08:00, Jeff wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:32 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > What PostgreSQL add-ons do you think are essential for at least 50% of
> > potential users?
>
Surprised no one mentioned PgAdmin. Everyone wants a nice GUI interface for
maintaining the server. (Ok, not everyone, but a good 50% I bet)
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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL