Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:52:06 -0500
From: Kenneth Marshall <ktm@rice.edu>
To: Steven Dahlin <pgdb.sldahlin@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: running scripts like oracle sqlplus
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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 04:24:18PM -0600, Steven Dahlin wrote:
> I have been trying to figure out how I can run a pgsql script like I can run
> a plsql script with oracle's sqlplus.  Here is a sample script file for what
> I want to run:
> 
> declare
>   sysuserid integer := 0;
>   hwcustid  integer := 0;
> begin
> 
> select nextval( 'user_seq' ) into  sysuserid;
> select nextval( 'customer_seq' ) into  hwcustid;
> 
> insert into user
> (
>   user_id,
>   customer_id,
>   create_user,
>   update_user
> )
> values
> (
>   sysuserid,
>   hwcustid,
>   sysuserid,
>   sysuserid
> );
> 
> insert into customer
> (
>   customer_id,
>   create_user,
>   update_user
> )
> values
> (
>   hwcustid,
>   sysuserid,
>   sysuserid
> );
> 
> commit;
> 
> end;
> 
> I try to run the script in psql and thru pgadmin and cannot seem to make
> them work.  I do not want to turn it into a function.  I just want it to
> execute the block in a fashion similar to Oracle'sqlplus running
> @scriptfile.sql.
> 
> Thanks

I think you will need to wait for version 9.0 and anonymous functions
using DO.

Cheers,
Ken