Re: plperl vs plpgsql

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Alex <alex(at)meerkatsoft(dot)com>
Cc: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plperl vs plpgsql
Date: 2005-04-17 13:51:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.62.0504170650310.13574@hosting.commandprompt.com
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Alex wrote:

> Is there a performance difference between the two?

Hello,

It depends on what you are using it for. My experience is that for some
reason plPGSQL is faster when looping but other than that they should
be very similar.

> which of the PL is most widely used. One problem i have with the plpgsql is
> that the quoting is really a pain.

plpgsql but I believe that will change in a short period of time.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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