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From: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
To: Martin Edlman <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Pg Hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Pg Docs <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [SQL] pl/PgSQL, variable names in NEW
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:16:02 -0400
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Martin Edlman wrote:

> |> I don't want to rewrite whole trigger to plPerl as I would have to use
> |> DBD-PgSPI.
> |
> | Huh?  Certainly not -- there are functions in PL/Perl for this.  See
> | spi_exec_query in
> | http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plperl-database.html
>
> Oh, I see. I have read the doc "...can be done via the function
> spi_exec_query described below, or via an experimental module
> DBD::PgSPI...", but missed the "OR" and thought that DBD::PgSPI is
> mandatory.

Yeah, that's a bit confusing.  I don't know why we have a mention of
DBD::PgSPI on the plperl manual at all.  Is there anything it can do
that can't be done with PL/Perl native calls?

Question for plperl hackers:  Should we remove the mention of DBD::PgSPI
from the PL/Perl manual?

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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