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PL/Nim

Language Handler for executing Nim as a procedural language for postgresql

Usage

Installation

1- Install plnim

nimble install plnim@#head

2- Compile plnim source code

nim c -d:release --app:lib -o:libplnim.so ~/.nimble/pkgs/plnim-#head/plnim

3- Copy libplnim.so to pkglibdir

cp libplnim.so $(pg_config --pkglibdir)

4- Execute extension.sql

This file contains information for building the language_handler for plnim using the libplnim.so file you created before.

psql [username] [dbname] -f ~/.nimble/pkgs/plnim-#head/plnim/sql/extension.sql

#CREATE FUNCTION
#CREATE LANGUAGE
#COMMENT

Writing PL/Nim code

create or replace function add_one(integer) returns integer
language plnim 
as
$$
result = $1 + 1
$$
;

The first time you execute your function, the language handler will emit the next message

select add_one(1);

WARNING:  Need Compile to Dynlib
DETAIL:  /var/lib/postgresql/{pg_version}/main/plnim/src/{function_name}.nim was created.
HINT:  nim c -d:release --app:lib [filename]

Compile the nim file

[sudo] nim c -d:release --app:lib [filename]

Copy the produced dynlib file to /usr/lib
[sudo] cp lib{function_name}.so /usr/lib

Execute your function

select add_one(1);

 add_one
---------
       2
(1 row)

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