Re: Database accesss using plperl

--- Paul Thomas <paul(at)tmsl(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> On 17/06/2004 15:56 Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > [snip]
> > I'm talking about writing PostgreSQL stored
> procedures using Perl that
> > access the database via queries (like pl/pgsql,
> maybe using DBI:Pg) for
> > SELECTs, INSERTs, UPDATEs, etc.
>
> Then DBI:PgSPI is what you want. AFAIK, DBI:Pg is
> for client-side only.

CommandPrompt has their own beta version of pl/perl,
which does database queries:

http://www.commandprompt.com/index.lxp?lxpt=22

This is certainly more actively developed than
DBI:PgSPI, which only ever was an experimental,
hackish workaround for the missing functionality.

>
> HTH
>
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