doc: Replace list of drivers and PLs with wiki link

The list of external language drivers and procedural languages was
never complete or exhaustive, and rather than attempting to manage
it the content has migrated to the wiki.  This replaces the tables
altogether with links to the wiki as we regularly get requests for
adding various projects,  which we reject without any clear policy
for why or how the content should be managed.

The threads linked to below are the most recent discussions about
this, the archives contain many more.

Backpatch to all supported branches since the list on the wiki
applies to all branches.

Author: Jonathan Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/169165415312.635.10247434927885764880@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/169177958824.635.11087800083040275266@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: v11
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Daniel Gustafsson 2023-08-23 14:13:07 +02:00
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</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
All other language interfaces are external projects and are distributed All other language interfaces are external projects and are distributed
separately. <xref linkend="language-interface-table"/> includes a list of separately. A
some of these projects. Note that some of these packages might not be <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/List_of_drivers">list of language interfaces</ulink>
released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. For more is maintained on the PostgreSQL wiki. Note that some of these packages are
information on each language interface, including licensing terms, refer to not released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
its website and documentation. For more information on each language interface, including licensing terms,
refer to its website and documentation.
</para> </para>
<table id="language-interface-table"> <para>
<title>Externally Maintained Client Interfaces</title> <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/List_of_drivers"></ulink>
</para>
<tgroup cols="4">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Language</entry>
<entry>Comments</entry>
<entry>Website</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>DBD::Pg</entry>
<entry>Perl</entry>
<entry>Perl DBI driver</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://metacpan.org/release/DBD-Pg"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>JDBC</entry>
<entry>Java</entry>
<entry>Type 4 JDBC driver</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://jdbc.postgresql.org/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>libpqxx</entry>
<entry>C++</entry>
<entry>C++ interface</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://pqxx.org/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>node-postgres</entry>
<entry>JavaScript</entry>
<entry>Node.js driver</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://node-postgres.com/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Npgsql</entry>
<entry>.NET</entry>
<entry>.NET data provider</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://www.npgsql.org/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>pgtcl</entry>
<entry>Tcl</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/flightaware/Pgtcl"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>pgtclng</entry>
<entry>Tcl</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/pgtclng/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>pq</entry>
<entry>Go</entry>
<entry>Pure Go driver for Go's database/sql</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/lib/pq"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>psqlODBC</entry>
<entry>ODBC</entry>
<entry>ODBC driver</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://odbc.postgresql.org/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>psycopg</entry>
<entry>Python</entry>
<entry>DB API 2.0-compliant</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://www.psycopg.org/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect1> </sect1>
<sect1 id="external-admin-tools"> <sect1 id="external-admin-tools">
@ -170,58 +88,18 @@
<para> <para>
In addition, there are a number of procedural languages that are developed In addition, there are a number of procedural languages that are developed
and maintained outside the core <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> and maintained outside the core <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
distribution. <xref linkend="pl-language-table"/> lists some of these distribution. A list of
packages. Note that some of these projects might not be released under the same <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PL_Matrix">procedural languages</ulink>
license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. For more information on each is maintained on the PostgreSQL wiki. Note that some of these projects are
procedural language, including licensing information, refer to its website not released under the same license as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
For more information on each procedural language, including licensing
information, refer to its website
and documentation. and documentation.
</para> </para>
<table id="pl-language-table"> <para>
<title>Externally Maintained Procedural Languages</title> <ulink url="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PL_Matrix"></ulink>
</para>
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Language</entry>
<entry>Website</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>PL/Java</entry>
<entry>Java</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://tada.github.io/pljava/"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PL/Lua</entry>
<entry>Lua</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/pllua/pllua-ng"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PL/R</entry>
<entry>R</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/postgres-plr/plr"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PL/sh</entry>
<entry>Unix shell</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/petere/plsh"></ulink></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>PL/v8</entry>
<entry>JavaScript</entry>
<entry><ulink url="https://github.com/plv8/plv8"></ulink></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect1> </sect1>
<sect1 id="external-extensions"> <sect1 id="external-extensions">