PGMarkdown - A PostgreSQL extension defining a Markdown datatype.

Summary

PGMarkdown implements the conversion of Markdown into HTML inside the database.

The code is Copyright (c) 2011 Stephen Belcher, but is licensed under similar terms as PostgreSQL. Please see the LICENSE file for more details.

Usage

CREATE TABLE blog_posts (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  post MARKDOWN
);

INSERT INTO blog_posts (post)
VALUES ($$POST$$
## Welcome ##
Welcome to my fancy blog. It has [links]][] and **fancy** emphasis, all with
plain text. See what someone who is me says about this web site in the handy
block quote:

> This blog is frankly amazing.

[links]: /
$$POST$$);

SELECT to_html(post) FROM blog_posts WHERE id = 1;

Datatypes

• MARKDOWN

Functions

• TO_HTML(MARKDOWN) RETURNS TEXT
• TO_TEXT(MARKDOWN) RETURNS TEXT