diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9ae094..3690599 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ vendors/drogon/exports/
 vendors/drogon/trantor/Doxyfile.doc_trantor
 vendors/drogon/trantor/TrantorConfigVersion.cmake
 vendors/drogon/trantor/exports/
+vendors/database/
+postgresql-prefix/
 
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8186695..ef40eef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ set(WARNING_LEVELS_GCC_DEBUG
 # Default build type is release
 # Uncomment this to debug or use "cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug .."
 #===============================================================================
+# External projects go here i.e. a project that isn't using cmake build
+#include(ExternalProject)
+#ExternalProject_Add(PostgreSQL
+#  GIT_REPOSITORY    https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git
+#  GIT_TAG           REL_16_1
+#  SOURCE_DIR        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vendors/database/
+#  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure 
+#  CMAKE_ARGS        ""
+#  INSTALL_COMMAND   "" 
+#  BUILD_IN_SOURCE   1
+#  BUILD_COMMAND $(MAKE) MAKELEVEL=0
+#  LOG_CONFIGURE     1
+#  LOG_BUILD         1
+#  LOG_INSTALL       1
+#)
+
 # set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE debug)
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING