Extending MariaDB with Native Aggregate Plugins: Laying the Groundwork for HyperLogLog

MariaDB already allows developers to add new Pluggable Data Types and scalar Plugin Functions. One missing piece has been Pluggable Aggregate Functions operating on PDTs. That matters for functionality such as HyperLogLog, where an extension needs to aggregate values into a custom statistical sketch while preserving its native SQL type. … Continue... Weiterlesen: Extending MariaDB with Native Aggregate Plugins: Laying the Groundwor…