Re: PostgreSQL <> MySQL: first draft

> Stored Procedures
> -----------------
>
> Stored procedures are blocks of code stored and executed in
> the database backend. They are typically created in an SQL-like procedural
> language or a fourth-generation language such as Java or Perl.
>
> - MySQL has no support for any form of stored procedure. Implementation
>   is planned at an unspecified future date:
>     http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ANSI_diff_Triggers.html
>
> - PostgreSQL provides  mature and tested support  for function creation
>   in SQL and the following procedural languages:
>    PL/PgSQL (PostgreSQL's own procedural language, similar
>               to e.g. Oracle's PL/SQL)
>     Perl
>     Python
>     Tcl

pl/ruby exists too:

http://moulon.inra.fr/ruby/plruby.html

-sc

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Sean Chittenden