On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > BTW, I would like to get these capabilities into core plperl. There is already spi_exec_query in pl/perl for quick and dirty DB access for this purpose, no?
> There are some obstacles to overcome. For example: > > . not every perl installation has DBI Sure - I suppose if you don't have DBI, you would use spi_exec_query, no? > . how to turn it on for trusted plperl Eh, you don't turn it on. You install the package and it works ;) > . DBD::PgSPI is covered by GPL, which means it can't be used in the core > distribution of postgres - we'd have to reinvent it in a clean room fashion. Actually, its both GPL and Artistic license - identical to DBD::Pg (where most of the code is taken from). I don't think this needs to be in core distribution - much like DBD::Pg doesn't need to be there either... -alex ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
