Sorry to all but my original reply went to Dave instead of the list.
Gauthier, Dave wrote:
Wait, I also appear to have plperlu (createlang plperlu seems to have
worked successfully).
Now if it will do what you need. :-)
Rod
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roderick A. Anderson [mailto:raanders@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:14 PM
To: Gauthier, Dave
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Ideas on how to use external perl script
Gauthier, Dave wrote:
Hi:
I need to write a stored function that will perform a complex task
which has already been handled in OO subfunctions of an external perl
module. The perl module has many subroutines and OO constructs and
may use whatever else is legal to use in perl. (I do have the source
code for the perl module BTW) I need to interact with this per
module from the context of a stored function in my DB. I have v8.3.4
with pl-perl but discovered that I cannot simple "use" the external
perl module or simply stick the named perl subs inside the module
inside the pl-perl. Still, I need to work with it. More
specifically...
- A pl-pgsql function will load up a temporary table with a bunch of
records
- I need to run each of these records through a sub in the perl
module that loads an internal data structure in an OO object
- I then call another sub that processes the data structure and
returns the result.
- I purge the temporary table and then stuff it with the returned
results.
So I picture a regular ole pl-pgsql that (someonw) interacts with the
many perl module subs. One of those interarcions is to create a
perl object (OO perl).
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
Are you trying this using PL/Perlu (untrusted) or just PL/Perl?
Rod
