On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 07:28:45PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i haven't figured out how to turn on 'plperl' yet on potato: > [...] > > what incantation have i missed? > > apt-get install libpgperl, I suppose.
aside from already having the newest version, apparently, i think that the pgperl stuff is for DBD::Pg / DBI in perl, not for perl-within-postgresql... # dpkg -l '*pg*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii ecpg 6.5.3-23 Embedded SQL for PostgreSQL ii gnupg 1.0.4-1.1 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement. un gnupg-doc <none> (no description available) un gpg-rsa <none> (no description available) un gpg-rsaref <none> (no description available) pn libpgjava <none> (no description available) ii libpgperl 6.5.3-23 Perl modules for PostgreSQL. ii libpgsql 6.3.2-16.1 Library for connecting to PostgreSQL 6.3 bac ii libpgsql2 6.5.3-23 Shared library libpq.so.2 for PostgreSQL ii libpgtcl 6.5.3-23 Tcl/Tk library and front-end for PostgreSQL. ii pgaccess 6.5.3-23 Tk/Tcl front-end for PostgreSQL database un pgp <none> (no description available) un pgp5i <none> (no description available) un php3-cgi-pgsql <none> (no description available) pn php3-pgsql <none> (no description available) un php4-pgsql <none> (no description available) pn task-database- <none> (no description available) what do i need to get "plperl" active as a language from within the new postgresql? -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newbieDoc -- next week's newbie needs your brain: document your experience today!