Hi Pavel,
On 15/09/2014 1:40 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
The main drivers are:
1. Not having to learn yet another language. I find the
expressiveness and readability of the other scripting
languages very clunky compared to Java.
PLpgSQL is different, it is based on Ada language
I'm sure it's a very lovely language, but it is yet another language
most people are not familiar with and will have to learn.
1. Ease of porting triggers across databases. The only thing that
really changes across databases is how triggers interact with
input/output parameters. The main body remains the same
(thanks to JDBC). This is quasi portability in the sense that
the underlying SQL is itself quasi portable, but I find it a
much more compelling approach than having to rewrite the
triggers for each database type.
any time plpgsql will be faster then Java probably due a type
compatibility with Postgres and execution as inprocess
There is a few task, that can be done in database, that will be faster
in PL/Java than PL/pgSQL
I think developers choosing this route (myself included) are willing to
pay the price in exchange for improved readability/maintainability (the
assumption being that the resulting performance will be "good enough").
There seem to be plenty of people heading in this direction otherwise
other languages (like pl/v8) wouldn't enjoy the popularity they do.
Gili