Re: [GENERAL] SPI and Libpq

David Hartwig <daveh@insightdist.com>

From: David Hartwig <daveh@insightdist.com>
To: Anand Surelia <anand@bytekinc.com>
Cc: "pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org" <pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 1998-09-22T19:09:39Z
Lists: pgsql-general
SPI - Server Programming Interface is for coding C functions in the
backend.  Thus triggers can reference functions created using SPI..

Libpq  is a front-end (or client side)  API.

Anand Surelia wrote:

> Hi,
> Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the SPI and the Libpq
> interfaces and when to use what?
> I am writing some functions that will be used by triggers. What
> interface should I use to implement those functions?
> Thanks,
> Anand