Hello, I've a question which regarding perl/mysql. I'm trying to install a "User Defined Function" which allow s perl to be embedded in sql statements. See here. I've followed all the required instructions for compilation of the shared object. I then copied it to /usr/lib, and then ran ldconfig, which itself is configured to look in /usr/lib. Now I'm trying to i nsert the UDF record as follows: 
CREATE FUNCTION myperl RETURNS STRING SONAME "my_perl.so";

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And I recieve the error: 
ERROR 1126: Can't open shared library 'my_perl.so' (errno: 22 my_perl.
+so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or dire)

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I guess I'm missing a step, and I'm not sure where to go. How does mysql know where to look for UDF obj ects? Will I have to recompile the mysqld? This is rather new territory, and I would realy appreciate any help. Has anyone else had experience with UDFs? Not necessarily this one.... Thanks much.

In reply to MySQL UDF for Perl by mhearse

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