README.md

pgcowsay

This is a postgres extension I made for educational purposes.

select pgcowsay.say('Hello!');

Output:

             say
------------------------------
  _______                    +
 < Hello >                   +
  -------                    +
         \   ^__^            +
          \  (oo)\_______    +
             (__)\       )\/\+
                 ||----w |   +
                 ||     ||   +

(1 row)

Relevant links

• EDB article on building a web server in a postgres extension: https://www.enterprisedb.com/blog/exploring-postgress-arena-allocator-writing-http-server-scratch.
• Postgres documentation on C API functions: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/6.5/xfunc14663.htm

License

MIT