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PostgreSQL Server Programming

You're reading from   PostgreSQL Server Programming Take your skills with PostgreSQL to a whole new level with this fascinating guide to server programming. A step by step approach with illuminating examples will educate you in the full range of possibilities.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849516983
Length 264 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

PostgreSQL Server Programming
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. What Is a PostgreSQL Server? 2. Server Programming Environment FREE CHAPTER 3. Your First PL/pgSQL Function 4. Returning Structured Data 5. PL/pgSQL Trigger Functions 6. Debugging PL/pgSQL 7. Using Unrestricted Languages 8. Writing Advanced Functions in C 9. Scaling Your Database with PL/Proxy 10. Publishing Your Code as PostgreSQL Extensions Index

Visual debugging


The PL/pgSQL Debugger is a project hosted on pgFoundry that provides a debugging interface into PostgreSQL Version 8.2 or higher. The following statement is mentioned at http://pgfoundry.org/projects/edb-debugger/:

"The PL/pgSQL debugger lets you step through PL/pgSQL code, set and clear breakpoints, view and modify variables, and walk through the call stack. "

As you can see from the description, the PL/pgSQL Debugger can be quite a handy little tool to have in your arsenal.

Getting the debugger installed

Ok, now we move past the glamour, and need to actually get it running on your system. If you installed PostgreSQL with one of packages that contain the Debugger, installation is pretty simple. Otherwise, you will need to build it from source.

Building the PL/pgSQL Debugger from source is beyond the scope of this book. The best way to build the source would be to pull the latest version for the Concurrent Versions System (CVS) source control system and follow the README file...

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