Hitesh Patel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need to be able to execute SQL commands from inside a plperl > function and can't figure if I can do this. Also.. after executing > the query I need to be able to grab the number of tuples returned > and there values.. how would I go about doing this.. any help would > be appreciated. As I understand it, PL/Perl doesn't currently have an interface to the server backend, so all you can really do with it is string and number manipulation. You'll have to use Tcl or PL/PGSQL for your functions. -Doug -- The rain man gave me two cures; he said jump right in, The first was Texas medicine--the second was just railroad gin, And like a fool I mixed them, and it strangled up my mind, Now people just get uglier, and I got no sense of time... --Dylan ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])