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Subject: Re: skip weekends
From: Cliff Wells <logiplexsoftware@earthlink.net>
To: Rudi Starcevic <rudi@oasis.net.au>
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On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 23:08, Rudi Starcevic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Nice reply Josh.
> I wouldn't call your solution 'ugly' at all.
> 
> It's an excellent example of a real world need for Postgresql functions.
> I've also been looking at other functions at 
> http://www.brasileiro.net/postgres/cookbook/.
> I noticed your name amongst the author's -- nice one -- keep up the good 
> work.
> My only problem is trying to decide on whether to use PL/pgSQL or PLPerl.

You might also consider PL/Python.  I haven't used it, but I use Python
a lot outside of PG and it's an excellent language.

http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/plpython.html

Regards,
Cliff