Re: Troubles with PL/Perl in PgSQL

"Vladimir D Belousov" <pg-maillist(at)klarnet(dot)ru> wrote in message
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> Hallo!
>
> I'm new in PgSQL and I try to migrate from InterBase (Firebird) to PgSQL.
>
> I have a trouble with call ANY plperl function.
> I have the very simple function:
> ---------------------
>
> CREATE FUNCTION myint(integer) RETURNS integer AS $$
> my $result = $_[0];
> return $result;
> $$ LANGUAGE plperl;
> ---------------------
>
> And when I try to call this function, I got the error:
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> $ psql test
> Welcome to psql 8.0.3, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.
>
> Type: \copyright for distribution terms
> \h for help with SQL commands
> \? for help with psql commands
> \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> \q to quit
>
> test=# select * from myint(5);

This syntax is appropriate for set-returning functions. For functions
returning a single value, use "select myint(5);"

> server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Failed.
> !>
> ---------------------
> From the /var/log/messages
> Jul 27 18:17:24 ibserver postgres[57180]: [5-1] FATAL: the database
> system is in recovery mode
>
> I use FreeBSD 5.4 with PostgreSQL 8.0.3.
> PgSQL was builded from sources with --with-perl option. Other options have
> defaults values.
>
> Thanks for any replies!
>
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