On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 06:03:22AM -0500, stan wrote: > I am trying to examine the values of $_TD->{new}. I thought the easiest way > to see what this structure looked like was to use the Dumper functionality. > To do so I need to include the appropriate Perl module, which I would think > would be done like this: > > use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper); > > But inserting that into the script to create the function, like this: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION valid_id() RETURNS trigger AS $$ > use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper); > if (($_TD->{new}{i} >= 100) || ($_TD->{new}{i} <= 0)) { > ...... > > Returned this error message: > > ERROR: Unable to load Data/Dumper.pm into plperl at line 2. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at line 2. > CONTEXT: compilation of PL/Perl function "valid_id" > > What do I have to do to use Perl modules in plperl function/ > > BTW this works outside plperl > > #!/usr/bin/perl > use strict; > use warnings; > use Data::Dumper qw(Dumper); > > .................. > > Thanks for the help. > Found plperlu in the docs. But some syntax help on referencing all the values returned by $_TD->{new} would be helpful. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin