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<chapter id="pl-perl">
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION empcomp(employee) returns int4
AS 'my $emp = shift;
- return $emp->{'basesalary'} + $emp->{'bonus'};'
+ return $emp->{''basesalary''} + $emp->{''bonus''};'
LANGUAGE 'plperl';
</programlisting>
A tuple is passed as a reference to hash. The keys are the names of