Re: Functions

From: John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com>
To: Nick Jones <neckjonez(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Functions
Date: 2005-05-31 23:15:49
Message-ID: a483bf849f11b07eee591efbe1f9ad1a@pgedit.com
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On May 31, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Nick Jones wrote:

> Aww, I was really close :) ... thanks, that works.  I believe I
> understand it now :)  Do you normally write functions in plpgsql or a
> different language (sql, perl, c)?  I ask so I should know where to
> focus my learning.

I like plpsql because the semantics are designed for working with
databases and PostgreSQL in particular. I would only use a different
language for PostgreSQL if plpgsql can't get the job done or cannot do
it efficiently.

John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL

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