On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 07:24:49PM -0400, Eric E wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm working on implementing a function in PL/PERL that will ready
> many rows. As such I'd like to use return_next to keep memory usage
> down. When I call return next, I get the following error message:
>
> ERROR: error from Perl function: Can't call method "return_next" on
> unblessed reference at (eval 18) line 25.
>
> likewise if I use spi_return_next: ERROR: error from Perl function:
> Can't call method "spi_return_next" on unblessed reference at (eval
> 16) line 25.
>
> After some Google and list searching, I inferred that
> spi_return_next may not be implemented? Is this correct? If so, is
> there a workaround?
For 8.0, not exactly, although you can batch the entire rowset into an
array ref of hash references, then return that.
In the forthcoming 8.1 (CVS TIP), there is a return_next() method.
Cheers,
D
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