Re: Add on_perl_init and proper destruction to plperl [PATCH]

From: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add on_perl_init and proper destruction to plperl [PATCH]
Date: 2010-01-27 21:56:22
Message-ID: 3A9A7C66-D7A4-4650-B535-1C2AF4015BCC@kineticode.com
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On Jan 27, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Robert Haas wrote:

> What exactly do we mean by "system-level actions"? I mean, END blocks
> can execute arbitrary code....

Yeah. In Perl. What part of Perl can access the backend systems without SPI? And that it couldn't do at any other point in runtime?

Best,

David

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