Re: Calling Functions and Stored Procedures

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 16:43, Mark Dexter wrote:
...
> My question is this:  If I write a Postgres function that is not
> designed to be part of a query (e.g., it should just do something), do
> I still use a SELECT statement to execute the function?  Is there some
> other syntax that is the equivalent to CALL or EXEC?

No, you always use SELECT to call a function.

For example, to change the value of a sequence (using a built-in
function):

   SELECT nextval('table_field_seq',553);


Oliver Elphick