SQL/MED estimated time of arrival?

Hi SQL/MED developers,

Our company has just finished development of a database extension for 
Informix that provides tabular access to various types of structured 
files (NetCDF and HDF5, with more types to come). We would like to 
port this logic to run on PostgreSQL, since many of our potential 
customers use PostgreSQL.

On Informix, we were able to take advantage of the VTI (Virtual Table 
Interface) feature to support "table" scans and indexing. (See 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/data/zones/informix/library/techarticle/db_vti.html 
.) Do you have any idea of how long it will be before SQL/MED on 
PostgreSQL will be available, and perhaps how similar it will be to 
Informix VTI?

Thanks,
Eric.

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Eric Davies, M.Sc.
Senior Programmer Analyst
Barrodale Computing Services Ltd.
1095 McKenzie Ave., Suite 418
Victoria BC V8P 2L5
Canada

Tel: (250) 704-4428
Web: http://www.barrodale.com
Email: eric@barrodale.com
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