Re: Should I use PL/PGSQL or Perl/PGSQL? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Should I use PL/PGSQL or Perl/PGSQL?
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Msg-id b42b73150602061542g778501dch3ec3ab05d1f2c106@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Should I use PL/PGSQL or Perl/PGSQL?  (Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org>)
Responses Re: Should I use PL/PGSQL or Perl/PGSQL?  (Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org>)
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On 2/3/06, Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org> wrote:
>         I've been wondering, does anybody know which is more likely to be
> installed on a postgresql server? Which is faster? I'm writting an
> application in perl that is going to need to get broad information about
> heiarchial data (how many parents, settings common on parents, etc), and I'd
> like to put that data presentation logic into the database.

plpgsql.

for an explanation of my reasoning and a example of how to deal with
heiarchial data, check out my blog at
http://people.planetpostgresql.org/merlin/

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