Re: plperl.dll error from create langauge plperl (XP Pro 64 bit) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: plperl.dll error from create langauge plperl (XP Pro 64 bit)
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In response to plperl.dll error from create langauge plperl (XP Pro 64 bit)  (Doug Knight <dknight@wsi.com>)
Responses Re: plperl.dll error from create langauge plperl (XP Pro 64 bit)  (Doug Knight <dknight@wsi.com>)
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Doug Knight wrote:
> All,
> I am building an XP Pro 64 bit system, where I have installed the 
> latest PostgreSQL binary distribution (8.2.5-1). Everything loaded 
> fine, I have postgres up and running as a service, installed ActiveTcl 
> and ActivePerl, enabled PostGIS, etc. I can do the CREATE LANGUAGE 
> 'pgtcl' successfully, but I get the following error when I try to 
> CREATE LANGUAGE 'plperl'
>
> ERROR: could not load library "C:/Program Files 
> (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.2/lib/plperl.dll": %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> Has anyone encountered this error with the binary install in question, 
> or has anyone attempted on XP Pro 64 bit? If this is a 32 vs 64 bit 
> issue, our plan is to eventually run on a 32 bit version, but 64 bit 
> is all I currently have access to.
>
>

It's almost certainly a 32 vs 64 bit issue. Do you have the 32bit or 
64bit perl installed?

We have not got support for 64-bit binaries on Windows yet.

cheers

andrew


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