MY application sends XML requests to a perl script, which has to parse them and turn them into queries which get sent off, then the results are put back into XML, and sent back to the client.
This doesn't answer your question... but why not just use plPerl? Joshua D. Drake -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/