Re: [HACKERS] plperl intial pass

>
> Great,
>
> just compiled and install but need to look at some examples :-)
> btw, here is a patch for createlang command to enable plperl
> I'm not sure about trusted field.
>
> --- createlang Sat Jul 24 22:27:05 1999
> +++ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/createlang Wed Jul 21 19:36:55 1999
> @@ -84,9 +84,6 @@
> plpgsql) lancomp="PL/pgSQL"
> trusted="TRUSTED"
> handler="plpgsql_call_handler";;
> - plperl) lancomp="PL/Perl"
> - trusted="TRUSTED"
> - handler="plperl_call_handler";;
> pltcl) lancomp="PL/Tcl"
> trusted="TRUSTED"
> handler="pltcl_call_handler";;

I wouldn't make it a TRUSTED language right now, because
until PL/Perl has a safe mode (what Mark said it hasn't now)
it is a security hole. Unpriviliged users could create
functions in PL/Perl that modify the hba.conf!

Jan

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