Embedding PostgreSQL

[juhal]

Has anyone ever tried to create a simple version of PostgreSQL that may only support the necessary functions to be able to fit on an embedded system?

I'm trying to trim off what I don't need from the installation and it seems that without a lot of the extra installs from the contrib/ folder, I can make the installation directory 9MB. This is still too big for me, but I was wondering if there were any tips that I could use to help speed up my process, or especially if anyone has tried to do this before.

 

[stoolpigeon]

I know this is not a direct answer to your question - and for that you may do better on the developer mailing list for postgres - but have you considered sql lite? It would seem to make more sense to use a database engine designed for embedded apps rather than trying to squeeze an enterprise rdbms down to size.

you can check out sql lite at

http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/