Re: New PL/Perl failure with Safe 2.2x due to recursion (8.x & 9.0) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com> writes:
> ISTM the easiest and safest fix would be to not allow recursive plperl
> creations.  You could still call plperl functions within functions,
> just not if they are not defined.  This limitation really blows

That's the understatement of the month.  What you're saying, IIUC, is
that if function A calls function B via a SPI command, and B wasn't
executed previously in the current session, it would fail?  Seems
entirely unacceptable.

            regards, tom lane