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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:51:09 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:45:25 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > Question for plperl hackers:  Should we remove the mention of
> > DBD::PgSPI from the PL/Perl manual?
>=20
> It seems like a reasonable suggestion to me, since perl database users
> probably already know DBD and don't have to learn something new if
> they go that way.
>=20
> Possibly the text should be reworded, with the mention of DBD::PgSPI
> put somewhere else or stuck into a <note> or something.

=46rom what I can see on CPAN (unless I am missing something) DBD::PgSPI
hasn't been updated since 2004 and is at version 0.2.

http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/

I think it can safely be removed in entirety from our manuals.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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