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From: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL examples NOT involving functions
To: Roland Roberts <roland@astrofoto.org>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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Roland,

Please do not cross-post to multiple lists.

> 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

You can't.  PL/pgSQL, like PL/Perl and PL/Tcl, may only be used in
functions.

-Josh


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