PostgreSQL Server
Programming
Extend PostgreSQL and integrate the database layer into
your development framework
Hannu Krosing
Jim Mlodgenski
Kirk Roybal
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
PostgreSQL Server Programming
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About the Authors
Hannu Krosing was a PostgreSQL user before it was rewritten to use SQL as its main
query language in 1995. So, he has both the historic perspective of its development and
almost 20 years of experience using it for solving various real-life problems.
Hannu was the rst Database Administrator and Database Architect at Skype, where he
invented the sharding language PL/Proxy that allows scaling the user database to work
with billions of users.
Since leaving Skype at the end of 2006—about a year after it was bought up by eBay—Hannu
has been working as a PostgreSQL consultant with 2ndQuadrant, the premier PostgreSQL
consultancy with global reach and local presence in most of the world.
Hannu has co-authored another Packt Publishing book, PostgreSQL 9 Administration
Cookbook, together with one of the main PostgreSQL developers, Simon Riggs.
I want to sincerely thank my wife Evelyn for her support while writing this
book.
Jim Mlodgenski is the CTO of OpenSCG, a professional services company focused on
leveraging open source technologies for strategic advantage. He was formerly the CEO of
StormDB, a database cloud company focused on horizontal scalability. Prior to StormDB, Jim
held deeply technical roles at Cirrus Technology, Inc., EnterpriseDB, and Fusion Technologies.
Jim is also a fervent advocate of PostgreSQL. He is a member of the board of the United
States PostgreSQL Association, as well as being a part of the organizing teams of the New
York PostgreSQL User Group and Philadelphia PostgreSQL User Groups.
