hstore_plperlu

Extensions

hstore_plperlu

plperlu : transform between hstore and plperlu

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
3273	hstore_plperlu	plperlu	`1.0`	LANG	PostgreSQL	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
----d--	No	No	No	Yes	no	no

Relationships
Requires	hstore plperlu
See Also	hstore_pllua hstore_plluau hstore_plperl hstore_plpython3u hstore plperl plpgsql
Siblings	plperlu bool_plperlu jsonb_plperlu

Packages

PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14
1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

This is a built-in contrib extension ship with the PostgreSQL kernel

Install

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION hstore_plperlu CASCADE; -- requires hstore, plperlu

Usage

hstore_plperlu: Transform between hstore and PL/Perl untrusted

Provides a transform for the hstore type for PL/Perl Untrusted. When loaded, hstore values are automatically converted to Perl hashes and vice versa.

CREATE EXTENSION hstore_plperlu;

CREATE FUNCTION hstore_to_json_u(val hstore) RETURNS text
LANGUAGE plperlu TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore AS $$
  use JSON;
  # val is now a Perl hash reference
  return encode_json($val);
$$;

CREATE FUNCTION make_hstore_u(key text, value text) RETURNS hstore
LANGUAGE plperlu TRANSFORM FOR TYPE hstore AS $$
  my ($k, $v) = @_;
  return { $k => $v };
$$;

SELECT hstore_to_json_u('a=>1, b=>2'::hstore);
SELECT make_hstore_u('color', 'blue');

Last updated on 2026-03-24

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