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a. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/plpgsql- declarations.html
b. (same page)
c. ?
d. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/plpgsql-control- structures.html#PLPGSQL-RECORDS-ITERATING



This brings about a new question: Doesn't a PL/PGSQL function always execute within the context of a transaction? I'd think you can't create a transaction within one then, correct?


On Jan 28, 2005, at 3:11 PM, Andre Schnoor wrote:

Hi,

I am moving from Sybase to pgsql but have problems with stored procedures.
The typical procedure uses


a) named parameters,
b) local variable declarations and assignments
c) transactions
d) cursors, views, etc.

I can't seem to find these things in the Postgres function syntax.
Procedures can be as long as 20-250 lines, performing heavy data
manipulation tasks, running from a few seconds up to several hours. Database
size is approx. 20GB.


Functions in pgsql are very limited compared to Sybase procedures, so I'll
have to find a workaround somehow. Perhaps somebody can point me to examples
or hints regarding this issue.


Thanks in advance!

Andre



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