I think this is problematic with the default compilation fo PL/Perl.
The perl interpretor you get in a plperl function is inside of a
"sandbox" (can't remember the official name) where it is limited
to only a relatively small set of functions. I don't think that
SQL commands are included.
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Hitesh Patel (hitesh@presys.com) wrote:
> 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.
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