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[HELP] Defining a function as a procedure
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* [HELP] Defining a function as a procedure
@ 2006-01-26 17:09 Daniel Caune <daniel.caune@ubisoft.com>
  2006-01-26 18:02 ` Re: [HELP] Defining a function as a procedure Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Daniel Caune @ 2006-01-26 17:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi,

 

Is there a way to define a function as a procedure, I mean a function
that returns nothing.

 

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(<in-parameters>)

AS $$

BEGIN

  <update-some-tables>

END;

$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

 

Actually, PostgreSQL complains as a "function result type must be
specified".  I can patch my function so that it compiles but that won't
be really nice:

 

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(<in-parameters>)

  RETURNS int

AS $$

BEGIN

  <update-some-tables>

  RETURN 1;

END;

$$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

 

Is there any other prettier way to do that?

 

Thanks,

 

 

--

Daniel

 

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* Re: [HELP] Defining a function as a procedure
  2006-01-26 17:09 [HELP] Defining a function as a procedure Daniel Caune <daniel.caune@ubisoft.com>
@ 2006-01-26 18:02 ` Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2006-01-26 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Daniel Caune <daniel.caune@ubisoft.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

"Daniel Caune" <daniel.caune@ubisoft.com> writes:
> Is there a way to define a function as a procedure, I mean a function
> that returns nothing.

In recent versions you can say RETURNS VOID, which is a bit of a hack
but it gets the point across...

			regards, tom lane



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