On Oct 10, 2010, at 12:21 PM, Vaibhav Kaushal wrote: > Thanks to both hitoshi and tom for your replies. > > I think I need to look into the Postgres code itself (I am better at code > than documentation). But since I have not been touch with C lately (these > days I am programming on PHP) I think I have forgot a few rules of game > (afterall PHP is so much more easy than C :P ). Moreover, postgres is the > first Open Source software whose code I am interested in. I have never looked > into other OSS codes much except correcting a few compilation errors here and > there on beta / alpha releases. > > I have had the chance and success to compile my own Linux OS and it was fun > to do so... but I guess development is a tougher job. With an idea in mind, > and a thankful feeling towards postgres is what drives me to do this tougher > job. > > When I was designing my database for a web app, I found so many problems in > MySQL that I could not continue (the best of all, I can't use the commands > written in my DB book to create a foreign key, it does not natively support > foreign keys, confusing storage engines and so on).. and then I got postgres > which I am a fan of. > > I hope I will not be flamed when I will ask those questions (some of them are > actually very silly ones). > > I will look inside the code now and will get back after i get some progress > with it. > > However, I find too many references to the Data structure "datum" what is it > and where is it defined? Can someone tell me please? Also, what role does it > play? > > Thanks to you all for your replies. > > -Vaibhav
Depending on your text editor, you may be able to utilize TAGS files; see src/tools/make_(e|c)tags for creating TAGS files for your editor of choice (emacs/vim, although other editors may support specific formats). This will allow you to navigate to the specific definition of the type/function/macro, and can be very enlightening and help answer some of these questions. `git grep` will also come in handy if you're working directly from a git checkout. Regards, David -- David Christensen End Point Corporation da...@endpoint.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
