Re: Functions should be Functions & Procedures

On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 06:23:44PM +0000, Daniel Westermann (DWE) wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> >On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 07:15:29PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> >> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> >> 
> >> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/plpgsql-overview.html
> >> Description:
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> since PostgreSQL 11 we have procedures, so referencing to only functions
> >> here seems to ignore that. Shouldn't procedures be mentioned here as well?
> 
> >Good point.  It seems PL/pgSQL, PL/Perl, PL/Python, PL/Tcl, and SPI
> >server-side languages all support procedures.  I have developed the
> >attached patch to mention procedures right at the top.  I didn't see a
> >need to mention function "or procedure" throughout the entire document.
> >Does this seem sufficient?
> 
> Thanks for looking at it. Seems you attachment is corrupt, at least I can not open it. Can you please resend?

It is a gzipp'ed file.  I had to use gzip and can't resend it since it
contains the T-C-L URL that is flagged by Spamhaus as spam and causes my
emails to be marked as spam. You can see the patch here:

    https://momjian.us/tmp/proc.txt

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