Re: plperl: sort trapped by operation mask

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: SF Postgres <sfpug(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: plperl: sort trapped by operation mask
Date: 2005-10-06 02:54:37
Message-ID: 20051006025437.GE7542@fetter.org
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:41:38PM -0700, Reece Hart wrote:
> > Surely I'm not the first one to try sort in a plperl function. And
> > I can't think of any reason for sort to require a trusted
> > language.
> >
> > I don't see anything specifically about sort and plperl/plperlu on
> > the web. Enlightenment, anyone?
>
> Sorry to follow on myself.
>
> Aha. This issue has gotten some discussion in
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-10/msg00226.php
>
> I don't know the final disposition. It might be that this issue is
> resolved in 8.x. (Yes, I'm planning to upgrade shortly.)

It's fixed in 8.0, or at least I can call sort in pl/perl functions
there.

Cheers,
D
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