Thread: Where do Tcl questions go?
I have been trying to figure out where to put my plTcl questions, and where the people most knowledgable about that topic may be – either on these mail lists or elsewhere.
Postgres docs makes reference to scripts called: pltcl_loadmod, pltcl_listmod, pltcl_delmod – but I can’t find them anywhere on my Windows 8.1.4 installation. It looks like I need them – as well as requiring some more support for advanced Tcl programming topics such as the “unknown” command, and with using Tcl as a procedural language. The existing documentation appears out of date. Where can I go for all of this?
Carlo
On 8/1/06, Carlo Stonebanks <stonec.register@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > > > I have been trying to figure out where to put my plTcl questions, and where > the people most knowledgable about that topic may be – either on these mail > lists or elsewhere. > TCL is dead. Long live TCL. PLTCL was taken out of the core distribution, and is not in contrib. You have to download it from here http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtclng/download/download.php There is documentation available as well as Win32 binaries. This list is as good a place as any to ask! - Ian
I didn't see you answer on the mail list - so please forgive the direct reply. Thanks you very much for the response - do you develop in plTcl? I also see that this package is for pgtcl - I am looking for server-side support, i.e. plTcl. Where can I find that? More specifically, I am looking for the scripts pltcl_loadmod, pltcl_listmod and pltcl_delmod mentioned in the PostgreSQL documentation of the "unknown" command. Carlo -----Original Message----- From: harding.ian@gmail.com [mailto:harding.ian@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ian Harding Sent: August 1, 2006 2:49 PM To: Carlo Stonebanks Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Where do Tcl questions go? On 8/1/06, Carlo Stonebanks <stonec.register@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > > > I have been trying to figure out where to put my plTcl questions, and where > the people most knowledgable about that topic may be - either on these mail > lists or elsewhere. > TCL is dead. Long live TCL. PLTCL was taken out of the core distribution, and is not in contrib. You have to download it from here http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtclng/download/download.php There is documentation available as well as Win32 binaries. This list is as good a place as any to ask! - Ian
"Ian Harding" <iharding@destinydata.com> writes:
> PLTCL was taken out of the core distribution, and is not in contrib.
I think you confused pltcl with pgtcl. Totally different things
(pltcl is server side, pgtcl client side).
regards, tom lane
"Carlo Stonebanks" <stonec.register@.sympatico.ca> writes:
> ... More specifically, I am looking
> for the scripts pltcl_loadmod, pltcl_listmod and pltcl_delmod mentioned in
> the PostgreSQL documentation of the "unknown" command.
They should be in the same directory as the other postgres executables,
if you have pltcl.
$ ls ~/testversion/bin
clusterdb* ecpg* pg_dumpall* postmaster@
createdb* initdb* pg_resetxlog* psql*
createlang* ipcclean* pg_restore* reindexdb*
createuser* pg_config* pltcl_delmod* vacuumdb*
dropdb* pg_controldata* pltcl_listmod*
droplang* pg_ctl* pltcl_loadmod*
dropuser* pg_dump* postgres*
$
If you don't see them, you should take it up with whoever created the
package you're using.
regards, tom lane
Yes - this statement actually came from a helpful soul who had replied but did not realise I was talking about pltcl. I am looking into the "unknown" command because I believe there may be security issues with using "spource" or "package" commands to access proc libraries - and that the "unknown" command and its magic tables is the way to make those libs reside on the server and totally portable. Am I correct? Carlo "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote in message news:18182.1154537565@sss.pgh.pa.us... > "Ian Harding" <iharding@destinydata.com> writes: >> PLTCL was taken out of the core distribution, and is not in contrib. > > I think you confused pltcl with pgtcl. Totally different things > (pltcl is server side, pgtcl client side). > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >
> If you don't see them, you should take it up with whoever created the > package you're using. I thought that's what I was doing - I downloaded postgresql-8.1.4-1.zip from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.4/win32/ Is there somewhere else I should be directing my question? Carlo