On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 6:27 AM, Dobes Vandermeer <dob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a thought that it might be interesting to have a simple C fronted that > converts HTTP to and from some pgsql friendly structure and delegates all > the core logic to a stored procedure in the database. > > This might make it easier to hack on the API without worrying about memory > management and buffer overflow vulnerabilities. > > Is this a brain wave or a brain fart?
Something along the lines of a stripped down mod_libpq? http://asmith.id.au/mod_libpq.html If we had something along the lines of JSON <-> Row/setof in core, I could see this being a very nice "RPC" mechanism for PostgreSQL. Plain HTTP still give's you the session/transaction control problem of stateless clients, but maybe coupled with PgPool you could cobble something together... a. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, ai...@highrise.ca command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
