Xavier Fischer

.NET Principal Software Engineer

Xavier Fischer is a .NET Principal Software Engineer at EDB on the connectors team, overseeing the EDB .NET Connector. Xavier is passionate about .NET and open source. He is the co-maintainer of the GeoJSON.Net repository, created the DEM.Net Elevation API, and has contributed to various open source projects. 

Xavier has been working on Microsoft technologies for more than twenty years. Previously, he worked in the software hosting industry, and freelanced as a GIS developer on .NET and MSSQL for ten years. He has crafted GIS applications and developer tools and is certified as a Microsoft Professional Developer and Microsoft Certified Database Developer. Xavier is based in France, and is a father of two children. In his free time he is involved in visual arts, music, lighting and theatre.

 

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Technical Blog

Compiling PostgreSQL extensions with Visual Studio 2026 on Windows

This blog was co-authored by Craig Ringer and Xavier Fischer . This is an updated version of Craig Ringer 's Compiling PostgreSQL extensions with Visual Studio on Windows blog post, with Visual Studio 2026. I’ve seen a number of users struggling with building PostgreSQL extensions under Visual Studio, so I thought I’d see what’s involved in getting it working. The result is this tutorial, showing...
Product Updates

Improving Developer Experience: Updated EDB .NET Connector Now Published on NuGet

Publishing our .NET connector on NuGet streamlines the integration process for developers, enabling them to easily incorporate EDB Postgres functionality into their projects with just a few simple steps. By leveraging NuGet’s package management system, developers can efficiently manage dependencies, ensure version compatibility, and simplify updates, all of which enhance the overall development workflow.