It also prevents repo naming conflicts, e.g. with https://github.com/postgres/postgres.
+1 nice package On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:19 AM, Tom Short <[email protected]> wrote: > Great! Thanks for the contribution. Please consider changing the GitHub > repository name to Postgres.jl. > > The ".jl" at the end is standard practice, and it makes finding Julia > packages on GitHub much easier. > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 8:42 PM, N Carson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Just published a new Postgres adapter for Julia! >> >> https://github.com/NCarson/Postgres >> >> It is fairly complete but not well tested or optimized. >> >> * Returns results as *DataFrame*. >> * Result interface allows for array, column, or row access. >> * Transaction support. >> * DataFrame can be dumped to database via *copyto*. >> On-the-fly table creation supported. >> * `Ctl-C` cancels queries at the server. >> * *Most* 'plain types' supported by comparable Julia type. >> * Automatic support for user-defined enums and domains. >> Enum type columns automatically converted to *PooledDataArray*. >> * Custom types easily supported by 'injecting' in and out functions. >> * Supports the DBI cursor interface including 'fixed-size' paged cursors. >> * Server errors expose full information via PostgresServerError. >> >> >> >> >
