Thread: new Perl Server-Side Language in 8.0
I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4 and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues. I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything. Thanks. -- Brandon
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:51:29PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote: > I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language > introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4 > and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues. > > I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything. The 8.0 Release Notes mention PL/Perl, although probably not in as much detail as you'd like: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release-8-0.html "A new version of the plperl server-side language now supports a persistent shared storage area, triggers, returning records and arrays of records, and SPI calls to access the database." For details you might need to look through the pgsql-hackers and pgsql-committers archives. -- Michael Fuhr
m == mike@fuhr.org writes: m> On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:51:29PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote: m> > I'm looking for details on the new Perl server-side language m> > introduced in 8.0. Specifically, I'm looking for changes between 7.4 m> > and 8.0 and if there are any backward compatibility issues. m> > m> > I checked the website and docs, but didn't find anything. m> The 8.0 Release Notes mention PL/Perl, although probably not in as m> much detail as you'd like: m> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release-8-0.html m> "A new version of the plperl server-side language now supports a m> persistent shared storage area, triggers, returning records and m> arrays of records, and SPI calls to access the database." Yeah, I'm looking for something a bit more in depth. m> For details you might need to look through the pgsql-hackers and m> pgsql-committers archives. Will do. Thanks. -- Brandon