Procedural Languages and PostgreSQL
Installing Procedural Languages
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--with-<language>
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CREATE LANGUAGE
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`createlang' program, supports
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plpgsql
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pltcl
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pltclu - untrusted tcl
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plperl
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plperlu
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plpython
Pros & Cons of Procedural Languages
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Convenient
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Easier to learn/use than C
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Simplify complicated transactions
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Provide libraries of functions to multiple developers/applications
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Slow(er)
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Yet Another Language