Adding support for the ::json datatype to GNATColl

GNATColl is a suite of reusable software components and utilities for the Ada programming language. One of the things that GNATColl can help you accomplish is interfacing with PostgreSQL and SQLite. What it cannot, as per GNATColl 2012, is handle the new ::json datatype added to version 9.2 of PostgreSQL. This is a bit of Read more »

Ada Programming on Slackware

Over the past few months, I’ve received a whooping 4 requests for an article about how to install some basic Ada packages on a Linux system, and since 4 is a high number in my world, I decided I’d best get cracking on it. And so I did. Now we all know that Linux system Read more »

Ada with a side of JSON

So, you’ve got Ada and you need to handle some JSON data, but you’re not quite sure if there are tools available, or if you’re going to have to come up with a homegrown solution. Well, as luck will have it, you need look no further than to the excellent GNATColl library from libre.adacore.com: The Read more »