XF 2.1 PostgreSql adapter

[TickTackk]

Curious if there are more things like this coming?

 

[Chris D]

Not really.

XenForo will likely always be exclusively MySQL based. That is, it has to be without some incredibly significant changes that we just don’t want to do.

You’ll notice though this is a new type of database adapter. XF won’t actually attempt to run using it. It’s entirely for accessing other databases which may be running other software.

In this particular case it’s because we’re in the process of writing a Discourse importer so we need this adapter during the import process.

 

[Mr Lucky]

In this particular case it’s because we’re in the process of writing a Discourse importer so we need this adapter during the import process.

Is this still being worked on?

 

[Chris D]

Not actively but we will aim to finish it eventually.

 

[1966Mustang]

I work for a company that develops it's solutions around PostgreSQL, so we eventually landed on Discourse. Migrated from phpBB ->Drupal -> Discourse over the years. I dislike Discourse... An importer would be fantastic.

 

[Chris D]

Keep your eyes peeled

 

[1966Mustang]

@Chris D - I won't ask for a database agnostic wrapper layer, but I might play with XF and postgres foreign-data wrappers

 

[inzanty]

Not actively but we will aim to finish it eventually.

Are you still working with the adapter? It would be better if XenForo could support Postgre.

 

[Kirby]

You might have misunderstood smth ...

XenForo will likely always be exclusively MySQL based.

In this particular case it’s because we’re in the process of writing a Discourse importer so we need this adapter during the import process.

Is this still being worked on?

Not actively but we will aim to finish it eventually.

 

[Chris D]

Kirby is correct.

XF will always be MySQL based. There are no plans to support Postgresql or others as the primary database for XF.

The purpose of the Postgesql adapter that we do have is to connect to foreign applications like Discourse for import purposes.

The aforementioned Discourse importer was completed and released as part of XenForo Importers 1.5.