Re: A newbie question

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 02:43, Brian H Mayo wrote:
> I am a newbie to PostgreSQL.  I added plpgsql to the database and
> wrote a function in the plpgsql language. How do I execute it?
>
> I read all of the manuals but I cannot seem to figure it out.  I
> pulled up the pgadmin III SQL and tried different combinations to run
> the function.  I tried PERFORM and EXECUTE; no good.

You have done

  CREATE FUNCTION myfunction() ... LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Now you can say

  SELECT myfunction() FROM mytable;

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