On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:04:52 -0500 (CDT) Gene Selkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Right, that is the constant issue with all the toolkits. My mind is > > something that provides an introduction to Catalyst (which is good > > for Catalyst) but also, "Why use Catalyst with PostgreSQL?". What > > kind of cool features can Catalyst (and is associated libs) expose > > that developers might be missing. > > The coolest feature in postgres is its extensibility. Tsearch2, which > someone mentioned in an earlier post is based on a user-defined data > type. I have done some work on the postgres GIST a decade ago, which > enabled applications like Tseach2, among other things. There is no > full-text search capability in the postgres engine, but it doesn't > have to be implemented in the engine. Well as a note, 8.3.x has Tsearch integrated. It is no longer user defined. Your point about being user extensible is certainly true. > > So if you really want to highlight postgres's advantages, focus on > its extended behaviors. > Agreed. > But linking that to Catalyst will appear contrived, unless we can I am not sure about that. The point of the talk would be, using these features in Catalyst. Here is an example. I was under (the false) assumption that Hibernate can't use natural or composite keys. In fact, I thought that Catalyst/DBIx was the only one that could. I am going to bet that a lot of developers think that a integer based key is required (which is really bad), when in fact it isn't. That would be a perfect thing to show the capabilities of, including why you would do such a thing. > Alternatively, I could collaborate with someone to demonstrate the > use of extended data types in postgres. I myself will not be able to > attend any conferences outside UK for a year or so. That was definitely some very cool items. Joshua D. Drake > > Regards, > > --Gene > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: > http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
