Re: PostgreSQL::PLPerl::Call - Simple interface for calling SQL functions from PostgreSQL PL/Perl

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)endpoint(dot)com>, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL::PLPerl::Call - Simple interface for calling SQL functions from PostgreSQL PL/Perl
Date: 2010-02-17 18:30:03
Message-ID: 6A9D0490-1179-46B3-9CB3-D002F6A857F4@kineticode.com
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On Feb 17, 2010, at 4:28 AM, Tim Bunce wrote:

>> Yes, but if it's a variadic function, I suspect that it won't often be
>> called with the same number of args. So you'd potentially end up
>> caching a lot of extra stuff that would never be used again.
>
> Potentially. Patches welcome!

GitHub. ;-P

> Umm, perhaps F->funcname(@args), or PG->funcname(@args), or ... ?
>
> Anyone got any better suggestions?

PG is good. Or maybe DB?

>> By the way, I think it needs some documentation explaining how to load it inside PL/Perl.
>
> I thought about that, and started to write it, but dropped it for now.
> I'll wait till my "cunning plan" to share code with the Safe compartment
> (aka PostgreSQL::PLPerl::Injector) is done then document how call() can
> be used in both plperlu and plperl.

Ah, okay.

Best,

David

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