What MariaDB’s plugin API can carry: the HyperLogLog case

Can a complete analytic feature live outside the MariaDB server core? By “complete” I mean a column type, aggregates that build its values, and scalar functions that read them. I built the type_hll plugin, which adds HyperLogLog sketches to MariaDB, and I use it here to answer that question. The answer is mostly yes. One […] What MariaDB’s plugin... Weiterlesen: What MariaDB’s plugin API can carry: the HyperLogLog case