pg_exec
Name
pg_exec -- send a command string to the
server
Synopsis
pg_exec dbHandle queryString
Inputs
- dbHandle
-
Specifies a valid database handle.
- queryString
-
Specifies a valid SQL query.
Outputs
- resultHandle
-
A Tcl error will be returned if pgtcl was unable to obtain a backend
response. Otherwise, a query result object is created and
a handle for it is returned. This handle can be passed to
pg_result to obtain the
results of the query.
Description
pg_exec submits a query to the
PostgreSQL backend and returns a
result. Query result handles start with the connection handle and
add a period and a result number.
Note that lack of a Tcl error is not proof that the query
succeeded! An error message returned by the backend will be
processed as a query result with failure status, not by
generating a Tcl error in pg_exec.
