Hi,

What would be the procedure for directly using slony's database functions 
rather than going through slonik? Is this a Bad Idea? 

I ask because I am building a set of tools to add instances of my 
application's database into slony replication. Currently the tool  creates a 
shell script that feeds slonik the appropriate commands, and then execute the 
shell script. This works but is kind of clumsy. Since our management system 
is written in PHP it would be really nice to just be able to hook directly 
into the slony system rather than go through slonik. 

I haven't dug through the code yet. If that is the best way to learn the ins 
and outs of doing this, where would the best place to start be?

Thanks,
D. McClelland