will trillich <will@serensoft.com> writes:
> HOW do you find out if your postgresql (mine's 7.0.3) can support
> the plperl.so feature? And HOW do you go about installing it, if
> it does? What parts are necessary?
See
http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/plperl.html
These are 7.1 docs but the info applies to 7.0 as well.
The main trick is that you need a Perl installation that has a shared
library for perl (libperl.so, not libperl.a). This usually requires
building Perl from source, since it's not the default configuration.
It's easy enough if you build Perl from source, just say "yes" when
Perl's interactive configure script asks if you want a shlib.
regards, tom lane