Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> After discussing some possibilities, we decided that maybe
> the best approach would be to allow a custom GUC variable that would
> specify a list of types to be passed in binary form with no conversion, e.g.
> plperl.pass_as_binary = 'bytea, other-type'
At minimum this GUC would have to be superuser-only, and even then the
security risks seem a bit high. But the real problem with this thinking
is the same one I already pointed out to Theo: why do you think this
issue is plperl-specific?
regards, tom lane