Contents

• Postgres type Extension Template
  • Getting started
  • Building
    • Build steps
    • Installation
  • Using the extension
  • Running the tests
  • Distributing your extension
  • Files

Postgres type Extension Template

This repository contains a template for creating a Postgres type. The goal of this template is to provide a starting point for the creation of types for Postgres.

This extension template implements the Soundex Algorithm as type.

Getting started

First step to getting started is to create your own repo from this template by clicking Use this template. Then clone your new repository using

git clone https://github.com/<you>/<your-new-extension-repo>.git

Building

Build steps

To build the extension, run:

make

The binary that will be built and the other components of the extension are:

./soundex-type--1.0.0.sql
./soundex-type.control
./soundex-type.so

• soundex-type--1.0.0.sql is the SQL definition that creates the type.
• soundex-type.control is the control file that describes the extension to Postgres.
• soundex-type.so is the shared object that is created that is the heart of the extension.

Installation

To install the extension, run:

make install

Using the extension

To use the extension:

CREATE EXTENSION "soundex-type";

We can then run the type that the extension created:

CREATE TABLE test_table (data soundex);
INSERT INTO test_table values ('hello');
SELECT * FROM test_table;
 data
------
 H400
(1 row)

SELECT 'hello'::soundex;
 soundex
---------
 H400
(1 row)

Running the tests

Tests can be executed after the extension is installed:

make installcheck

The tests that are run are stored in the ./sql directory, and specified in the Makefile.

Distributing your extension

There are multiple ways to distribute your extension, and this template contains the metadata files for PGXMAN and PGXN.

• META.json - the metadata file for PGXN.
• extension.yaml - the build-kit file for PGXMAN.

Files

• Makefile is the build system file that sets up the build using the Postgres build system.
• soundex-type--1.0.0.sql is the SQL definition that creates the type.
• soundex-type.control is the control file that describes the extension to Postgres.
• src/type.c is the main type definitions in C.
• src/soundex.c is the Soundex implementation in C.
• src/soundex.h is the header file for soundex.c.
• sql/soundex_type.sql is the file to be executed for tests.
• expected/soundex_type.sql is the file that the results of the tests are compared to.