PostgreSQL
Extensions: writing a patch for PostgreSQL
These days, thanks to my community oriented job, I’m working full time on a PostgreSQL patch to terminate basic support for extending SQL. First thing I want to …
Getting more out of PostgreSQL
Notes on SQL technique, data modeling, and PostgreSQL internals — from the author of The Art of PostgreSQL. New articles are built on the free Lab so you can run every query yourself.
PostgreSQL
Date puzzle for starters
The PostgreSQL IRC channel is a good place to be, for all the very good help you can get there, because people are always wanting to remain helpful, because of the …
PostgreSQL
Resuming work on Extensions, first little step
Yeah I’m back on working on my part of the extension thing in PostgreSQL. First step is a little one, but as it has public consequences, I figured I’d talk …
Projects
el-get reaches 1.0
It’s been a week since the last commits in the el-get repository, and those were all about fixing and adding recipes, and about notifications. Nothing like core …
Emacs
Regexp performances and Finite Automata
The major reason why I dislike perl so much, and ruby too, and the thing I’d want different in the Emacs Lisp API so far is how they set developers mind into using …
Software Programming
Postfix sender_dependent_relayhost_maps
The previous article about M-x mailq has raised several mails asking me details about the Postfix setup I’m talking about. The problem we’re trying to solve …
Software Programming
Scratch that itch: M-x mailq
Nowadays, most people would think that email is something simple, you just setup your preferred client (that’s called a MUA) with some information such as the smtp …
Projects
switch-window reaches 0.8
I wanted to play with the idea of using the whole keyboard for my switch-window utility, but wondered how to get those keys in the right order and all. Finally found …
PostgreSQL
Window Functions example remix
The drawback of hosting a static only website is, obviously, the lack of comments. What happens actually, though, is that I receive very few comments by direct mail. As I …
PostgreSQL
Window Functions example
So, when 8.4 came out there was all those comments about how getting window functions was an awesome addition. Now, it seems that a lot of people seeking for help in …
PostgreSQL
Synchronous Replication
Although the new asynchronous replication facility that ships with 9.0 ain’t released to the wide public yet, our hackers hero are already working on the …
Software Programming
Want to share your recipes?
Yes, that’s another el-get related entry. It seems to take a lot of my attention these days. After having setup the git repository so that you can update el-get …