Use of perl modules in plperl ?

From: stan <stanb(at)panix(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Use of perl modules in plperl ?
Date: 2020-03-04 11:03:22
Message-ID: 20200304110322.GA4887@panix.com
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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.

--
"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin

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