Re: calling a plpgsql procedure

From: Robert Treat <rtreat(at)webmd(dot)net>
To: m <smarie(at)ekno(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: calling a plpgsql procedure
Date: 2002-06-24 22:28:15
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select update_cur_res('VALUE-HERE'); // should do the trick.

see also http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?plpgsql.html

Robert Treat

On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 13:47, s wrote:
> Sorry to post such a stupid question. I have read the "create
> function" documentation and searched old mailing lists, but I can't
> seem to find an example of how to call a plpgsql procedure that isn't
> associated with a trigger.
>
> In Oracle (old platform) I used:
>
> begin update_cur_res('VALUE-HERE'); end
>
> This doesn't work in postgres as far as I can tell. I've tried some
> other things as well and failed, such as
>
> psql $mydb
> > update_cur_res('VALUE-HERE');
>
> which gives a message that I have a syntax error near the semi-colon.
> Help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah Mulholland
> smarie(at)ekno(dot)com
>
> P.S. Why does the "search documentation" option on the web page only
> accept 15 characters?
>
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