Re: Running a PL/pgSQL function

From: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Adrian Klaver" <aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Christophe <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Running a PL/pgSQL function
Date: 2008-08-12 01:52:49
Message-ID: dcc563d10808111852t419233b2qe39b2dafa95ded46@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Adrian Klaver <aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
> On Monday 11 August 2008 4:24:17 pm Christophe wrote:
>> I'm startled that I've never done this before, but... I have a PL/
>> pgSQL function that takes no arguments, returns VOID, and has a bunch
>> of side effects on the database. The correct way of invoking this
>> function is:
>>
>> SELECT my_func();
>>
>> ... yes? Thanks; it seems to work fine, but using SELECT here is
>> causing some part of my brain to scream "counter-intuitive."
>
> Similar to doing:
>
> test=# SELECT 1+1;
> ?column?
> ----------
> 2

Hey, it beats select 1+1 from dual!

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