Re: How to check if a Procedure or FUNCTION EXIST

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Edwin UY <edwin(dot)uy(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How to check if a Procedure or FUNCTION EXIST
Date: 2025-05-27 15:06:44
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On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM Edwin UY <edwin(dot)uy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I want to check for function and procedure if they exist or not including
> those created by the users as well as system functions
>

Are you aware that even in the same schema multiple functions and
procedures can share the same "name"?

> proowner whether it is a system function or user-defined?
>
>
That seems like a poor test for that property. A system function is one
that exists in the pg_catalog schema, which is the schema the system places
all of its objects into.

David J.

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