From: | alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com |
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To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
Cc: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Mike Rylander <mrylander(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: DBD::PgSPI 0.02 |
Date: | 2004-12-06 19:22:11 |
Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0412061415140.10941-100000@bawx.pilosoft.com |
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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> BTW, I would like to get these capabilities into core plperl.
There is already spi_exec_query in pl/perl for quick and dirty DB access
for this purpose, no?
> There are some obstacles to overcome. For example:
>
> . not every perl installation has DBI
Sure - I suppose if you don't have DBI, you would use spi_exec_query, no?
> . how to turn it on for trusted plperl
Eh, you don't turn it on. You install the package and it works ;)
> . DBD::PgSPI is covered by GPL, which means it can't be used in the core
> distribution of postgres - we'd have to reinvent it in a clean room fashion.
Actually, its both GPL and Artistic license - identical to DBD::Pg (where
most of the code is taken from).
I don't think this needs to be in core distribution - much like DBD::Pg
doesn't need to be there either...
-alex
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