Re: First feature patch for plperl - draft [PATCH]

"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 3:18 AM, Tim Bunce wrote:
>> The perl code in plperl.on_perl_init gets eval'd as soon as an
>> interpreter is created. That could be at server startup if
>> shared_preload_libraries is used. plperl.on_perl_init can only be set by
>> an admin (PGC_SUSET).

> Are multiline GUCs allowed in the postgresql.conf file?

I don't think so.  In any case this seems like an extreme abuse of the
concept of a GUC, as well as being a solution in search of a problem,
as well as being something that should absolutely not ever happen inside
the postmaster process for both reliability and security reasons.
I vote a big no on this.
        regards, tom lane