On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 01:29:11AM -0400, Jasbinder Bali wrote: > Just wondering why would i need libpq here. > Doesn't DBD::pg has its own functions for database related activities. > I think i'm quite naive in this.
DBD::Pg uses libpq to do the talking to the database. Think of it as the driver that interfaces DBI (the perl database interface) with libpq.
Incidently, there is a DBD::PgPP (Pg Pure Perl) which tries to do the same without libpq, but I've never seen it in action.
> Also, the triggers that i wrote in C are not all that elaborative. They are > pretty basic triggers. Also, I'm a rookie in perl but don't need to do > something hifi with it.
What are you good at then. If you understand SQL, write them in pl/pgsql. Use what you're confortable with.
And you don't need DBI or anything like that for writing triggers, that's what SPI is for.
Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
