Client 3Processing Queries | Using PostgreSQL with Perl

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Summary

Summary

The libpgeasy library is a nice addition to libpq. You can mix and match libpgeasy and libpq functions. libpgeasy makes it easy to write simple utility applications, but it is not well suited to writing applications that need a lot of user input. If your application needs to execute commands that are not known at compile time, you should probably use libpq insteadlibpgeasy won't offer you many advantages.

The source code for libpgeasy is available in the PostgreSQL source distributions. I recommend that you read through the codeyou'll see some good sample code that will help in your libpq programming efforts. You will also gain a better understanding of some of the limitations of libpgeasy.

Part I: General PostgreSQL Use

Introduction to PostgreSQL and SQL

Working with Data in PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL SQL Syntax and Use

Performance

Part II: Programming with PostgreSQL

Introduction to PostgreSQL Programming

Extending PostgreSQL

PL/pgSQL

The PostgreSQL C APIlibpq

A Simpler C APIlibpgeasy

The New PostgreSQL C++ APIlibpqxx

Embedding SQL Commands in C Programsecpg

Using PostgreSQL from an ODBC Client Application

Using PostgreSQL from a Java Client Application

Using PostgreSQL with Perl

Using PostgreSQL with PHP

Using PostgreSQL with Tcl and Tcl/Tk

Using PostgreSQL with Python

Npgsql: The .NET Data Provider

Other Useful Programming Tools

Part III: PostgreSQL Administration

Introduction to PostgreSQL Administration

PostgreSQL Administration

Internationalization and Localization

Security

Replicating PostgreSQL Data with Slony

Contributed Modules

Index