"Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> The point here is to do the work at postmaster start time.
> What happens if I upgrade one of the perl modules that is getting
> preloaded here? It seems this change will require the entire database
> to be shut down to pick up the changes, vs. just needing to terminate
> individual backends.
Well, that would be one of the tradeoffs to consider when deciding
to preload plperl.
regards, tom lane