Re: pg equivalent to MS SQL exec command

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Ugly Hippo <ugly_hippo(at)yahoo(dot)ca>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg equivalent to MS SQL exec command
Date: 2002-03-06 20:00:39
Message-ID: web-819021@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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Troy,

> I have moved a database from MS SQL to PG and am now
> trying to move my stored procedures. I have created a
> PG function and am trying to figure out how to execute
> it without using a trigger. In MS, I would type 'exec
> stored_procedure_name'. Is there an equivalent in PG.
> I have tried the 'execute' command but that seems to
> work only within a function. I wish to execute this
> function when I feel like it, not on a fixed schedule.
> Did I miss something in the documentation?

Use "SELECT function_name(params);"

In Postgres, EXECUTE is a PL/pgSQL command to execute arbitrary SQL
strings.

-Josh

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