Re: plpgsql vs. SQL in stored procedures

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail(at)webthatworks(dot)it>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plpgsql vs. SQL in stored procedures
Date: 2004-03-31 12:06:04
Message-ID: 200403311306.04634.dev@archonet.com
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On Wednesday 31 March 2004 12:07, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
>
> I was used to do stuff like this with MS SQL
>
> create proc sp_getuid @uid uniqueidentifier
[snip]
> Does it mean that to have variables in SP I'll have to use plpgsql
> in spite of plain SQL?

Yep - just like there you were using transact-sql (if I remember its name
correctly) rather than sql.

The syntax is different (plpgsql bares a startling resemblance to the Oracle
approach), the purpose of each is the same.
--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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