Re: syntax error in plperl wrapper for Perl regex replace.

Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.novice
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"io.sys" <[email protected]> writes:
> I just tried to use function parameters $_[1], $_[2], $_[3] instead fixed strings.
> However, it is rejected by postgre as syntax error.

That's not a Postgres problem, it's a Perl problem.  I'm no Perl
expert, but I think if you study the Perl docs carefully you will
find there are restrictions on what sorts of variable references
can be interpolated into a regexp ... and a subscripted reference
probably doesn't qualify.

			regards, tom lane
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