From: | <kaiq(at)realtyideas(dot)com> |
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Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Re: PL/pgsql or C/C++ |
Date: | 1999-11-29 23:42:34 |
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PL/pgsql ADN PL/tcl is safer -- that is the OFFICIAL reason, tho the real
reason may be comvenience.
As for PL/pgsql and PL/tcl: I asked before, no answer. I guess it is
portablility and existing codes. If you are a hero, use tcl, if not,
use pl/pgsql.
Kai
On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ian Phillips wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:19:53 -0600 (CST)
> > From: ^chewie <chewie(at)wookimus(dot)net>
> > Subject: PL/pgsql or C/C++
> >
> > This is a general question expecting general answers. I've read the
> > documentation concerning triggers and functions, as well as the
> > documentation on the different languages you can use for driving these
> > triggers and functions. Aside from portability and the lack of having
> > to explicitly compiling a C/C++ library, what advantages does PL/pgsql
> > have over C/C++ or even PL/tcl?
> >
> > ^chewie
> >
>
> Ease of use is probably the biggest plus. For running a 'quick and dirty'
> trigger, it's a lot easier than compiling a C library or (in my case) learning
> TCL. I suppose if you already know TCL, there isn't that much point.
>
> --
> Ian Phillips
> ian(at)comodo(dot)net
>
> "The Z80 - The Chip of the Seventies! Today!"
>
> ************
>
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