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V. Server Programming
This part is about extending the server functionality with user-defined functions, data types, triggers, etc. These are advanced topics which should probably be approached only after all the other user documentation about PostgreSQL has been understood. Later chapters in this part describe the server-side programming languages available in the PostgreSQL distribution as well as general issues concerning server-side programming languages. It is essential to read at least the earlier sections of Chapter 31 (covering functions) before diving into the material about server-side programming languages.
- Table of Contents
- 31. Extending SQL
- 31.1. How Extensibility Works
- 31.2. The PostgreSQL Type System
- 31.3. User-Defined Functions
- 31.4. Query Language (SQL) Functions
- 31.5. Function Overloading
- 31.6. Function Volatility Categories
- 31.7. Procedural Language Functions
- 31.8. Internal Functions
- 31.9. C-Language Functions
- 31.10. User-Defined Aggregates
- 31.11. User-Defined Types
- 31.12. User-Defined Operators
- 31.13. Operator Optimization Information
- 31.14. Interfacing Extensions To Indexes
- 32. Triggers
- 33. The Rule System
- 33.1. The Query Tree
- 33.2. Views and the Rule System
- 33.3. Rules on INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
- 33.4. Rules and Privileges
- 33.5. Rules and Command Status
- 33.6. Rules versus Triggers
- 34. Procedural Languages
- 35. PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
- 35.1. Overview
- 35.2. Tips for Developing in PL/pgSQL
- 35.3. Structure of PL/pgSQL
- 35.4. Declarations
- 35.5. Expressions
- 35.6. Basic Statements
- 35.7. Control Structures
- 35.8. Cursors
- 35.9. Errors and Messages
- 35.10. Trigger Procedures
- 35.11. Porting from Oracle PL/SQL
- 36. PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
- 36.1. Overview
- 36.2. PL/Tcl Functions and Arguments
- 36.3. Data Values in PL/Tcl
- 36.4. Global Data in PL/Tcl
- 36.5. Database Access from PL/Tcl
- 36.6. Trigger Procedures in PL/Tcl
- 36.7. Modules and the
unknown
command - 36.8. Tcl Procedure Names
- 37. PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
- 38. PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
- 38.1. PL/Python Functions
- 38.2. Trigger Functions
- 38.3. Database Access
- 39. Server Programming Interface
- 39.1. Interface Functions
- 39.2. Interface Support Functions
- 39.3. Memory Management
- 39.4. Visibility of Data Changes
- 39.5. Examples