On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
>> ... We have to invoke java and there
>> are two basic ways to tie into the java runtime: one is to jump
>> through SPI via the SQL executor. The other is JNI into the pl/java
>> jvm which I think you were hinting was the better approach.
>
> Hm? SPI doesn't know anything about Java either.
>
> regards, tom lane
Having pl/java as a dependancy here makes this a very complex
"feature" to setup.
The potential benefits are quite minimal since almost any decent ETL
tool can handle multiple data sources
Dave