Tom Lane wrote: > I'd expect plpgsql to suck at purely computational tasks, compared to > the other PLs, but to win at tasks involving database access. These There you go...pl/pgsql is pretty much required learning (it's not hard). For classic data processing tasks, it is without peer. I would generalize that a large majority of tasks fall under this category. pl/pgsql is quick, has a low memory profile, and you can cut sql directly in code instead of through a proxy object...I could go on and on about how useful and important that is. merlin
