I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language
introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4
and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues.

I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything.

Thanks.

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On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:51:29PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote:
> I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language
> introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4
> and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues.
>
> I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything.

The 8.0 Release Notes mention PL/Perl, although probably not in as
much detail as you'd like:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/s...lease-8-0.html

"A new version of the plperl server-side language now supports a
persistent shared storage area, triggers, returning records and
arrays of records, and SPI calls to access the database."

For details you might need to look through the pgsql-hackers and
pgsql-committers archives.

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m == mike@fuhr.org writes:

m> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:51:29PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote:
m> > I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language
m> > introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4
m> > and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues.
m> >
m> > I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything.

m> The 8.0 Release Notes mention PL/Perl, although probably not in as
m> much detail as you'd like:

m> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/s...lease-8-0.html

m> "A new version of the plperl server-side language now supports a
m> persistent shared storage area, triggers, returning records and
m> arrays of records, and SPI calls to access the database."

Yeah, I'm looking for something a bit more in depth.

m> For details you might need to look through the pgsql-hackers and
m> pgsql-committers archives.

Will do.

Thanks.


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