Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After discussing some possibilities, we decided that maybe > the best approach would be to allow a custom GUC variable that would > specify a list of types to be passed in binary form with no conversion, e.g.
> plperl.pass_as_binary = 'bytea, other-type' At minimum this GUC would have to be superuser-only, and even then the security risks seem a bit high. But the real problem with this thinking is the same one I already pointed out to Theo: why do you think this issue is plperl-specific? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend