Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So based on this simple test, I'd say that if you only run the function > once per connect, use plpgsql, but if you run the function many times > during one backend session, use perl.
Presumably, the 50 msec difference represents the time to load up the perl library and initialize a perl interpreter. It might help if libperl were to be preloaded into the postmaster in the way you created ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]