PL/PGSQL

Hello together!

I have a little question, because I found the answer nowhere in the Net.
How I can call a stored pl/pgsql-function from my SQL-Client.
In an SQL-statement I call it like "select MYFUNCTION(blah, blah) from
....".
I need it without the SQL-Statement.

In Oracle I would be:
BEGIN
MYFUNCTION(...);
END;

How can I do this with PG?

Greets,
Markus



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Re: PL/PGSQL

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Hello,

On to, 2003-02-27 at 20:29, Markus Post wrote:
> Hello together!
>=20
> I have a little question, because I found the answer nowhere in the Net.
> How I can call a stored pl/pgsql-function from my SQL-Client.
> In an SQL-statement I call it like "select MYFUNCTION(blah, blah) from
> ...".
> I need it without the SQL-Statement.
>=20
> In Oracle I would be:
> BEGIN
> MYFUNCTION(...);
> END;
>=20

You're probably looking from the wrong place. At least the answer can be
found from
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=3D7.3&idoc=3 D0&file=3Dplpgs=
ql-statements.html

On that page, heading 19.5.3 states that you can do:

PERFORM MYFUNCTION(...);=20

if you wish to discard the return value.=20
Or if your function returns something then you do:

myresult:=3DMYFUNCTION(...);

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