pg_bigmr (WIP)

A pg_bigm clone with Rust. This is an experimental project to implement pg_bigm using Rust and pgrx.

Difference with pg_bigm

	pg_bigm	pg_bigmr
Extension name	pg_bigm	pg_bigmr
Implementaion language	C	Rust
Placeholder for GUC parameters	pg_bigm.*	pg_bigmr.*
Supported versions	PostgreSQL 9.1+	PostgreSQL 12+

Install

You can install pg_bigmr by running the command cargo pgrx install.

$ cargo pgrx install --pg-config=/path/to/pg_config [--sudo] [--release]

• --pg_config <PG_CONFIG>: The pg_config path (default is first in $PATH)
• --sudo: Use sudo to install the extension artifacts
• --release: Compile for release mode (default is debug)

How to use

Add pg_bigmr to the shared_preload_libraries parameter, and run CREATE EXTENSION pg_bigmr;.

$ echo "shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_bigmr'" >> $PGDATA/postgresql.conf
$ pg_ctl start
$ psql
=# CREATE EXTENSION pg_bigmr;
=# \dx pg_bigmr
                                  List of installed extensions
   Name   | Version | Schema |                           Description                            
----------+---------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------
 pg_bigmr | 0.1.0   | public | text similarity measurement and index searching based on bigrams
(1 row)

License

pg_bigmr is released under the PostgreSQL License, a liberal Open Source license, similar to the BSD or MIT licenses.