From: Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL examples NOT involving functions
Date: 15 Nov 2001 16:21:33 -0500
Message-ID: <m2snbfg276.fsf@tycho.rlent.pnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <web-506947@davinci.ethosmedia.com>
References: <web-506947@davinci.ethosmedia.com>
>>>>> "Josh" == Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
Josh> Please do not cross-post to multiple lists.
Hmm, there were some complaints recently on the hackers list about
things being posted on only one list. And a significant chunk of the
mail I am getting from lists shows it was posted to more than one
list.
>> How can I write a few lines of PL/pgSQL which do not involve
>> creating a function? I can find no examples of this in the
>> docs, but say I would like to do something like
Josh> You can't. PL/pgSQL, like PL/Perl and PL/Tcl, may only be
Josh> used in functions.
So how would I convert an insert to an update when I detect a tuple is
already present in the database? Do I have to write the whole thing
in Perl/Tcl/whatever and do the conversion there?
roland
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