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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml index ce217dfa33b..dfb15b3bd17 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.68 2008/03/28 00:21:55 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml,v 2.69 2008/04/10 15:16:46 alvherre Exp $ --> <chapter id="plperl"> <title>PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language</title> @@ -309,20 +309,7 @@ BEGIN { strict->import(); } <para> Access to the database itself from your Perl function can be done - via the function <function>spi_exec_query</function> described - below, or via an experimental module - <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/APILOS/"> - <literal>DBD::PgSPI</literal></ulink> - (also available at <ulink url="http://www.cpan.org/SITES.html"> - <acronym>CPAN mirror sites</></ulink>). This module makes available a - <acronym>DBI</>-compliant database-handle named - <varname>$pg_dbh</varname> that can be used to perform queries with - normal <acronym>DBI</> - syntax.<indexterm><primary>DBI</></indexterm> - </para> - - <para> - PL/Perl provides additional Perl commands: + via the following functions: <variablelist> <varlistentry> @@ -412,6 +399,7 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plperl; SELECT * FROM test_munge(); </programlisting> </para> + <para> <literal>spi_query</literal> and <literal>spi_fetchrow</literal> work together as a pair for row sets which might be large, or for cases |