# Emacs and PostgreSQL

DevFeed: [Emacs and PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/emacs-and-postgresql-34372.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tapoueh.org/blog/2010/07/emacs-and-postgresql/>)

Author: Dimitri Fontaine PostgreSQL Major Contributor; Author

Published: 2010-07-22T07:30:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Dimitri Fontaine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/dimitri-fontaine.md>)

Topics: [Emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/emacs.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [free software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/free-software.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>)

Tags: [emacs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs.md>), [emacs-lisp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emacs-lisp.md>), [free-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free-software.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [stored-procedures](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stored-procedures.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece compares Emacs and PostgreSQL, highlighting their documentation, extensibility, and ability to be modified while running. It also introduces an Emacs linum-mode extension for displaying PostgreSQL-calculated line numbers in PL/pgSQL files.

## Source excerpt

Those are my two all times favorite Open Source Software. Or Free Software in the GNU sense of the world, as both the BSD and the GPL are labeled free there. Even if I prefer the The Debian Free Software Guidelines as a global definition and the WTFPL license. But that's a digression. I think that Emacs and PostgreSQL do share a lot in common. I'd begin with the documentation, which quality is amazing for both projects. Then of course the extensibility with Emacs Lisp on the one hand and catalog-driven operations on the other hand. Whether you're extending Emacs or PostgreSQL you'll find that it's pretty easy to tweak the system while it's running. The other comparison points are less important, like the fact the both the systems get about the same uptime on my laptop (currently 13 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes, 10 seconds).