Re: Conditional compilation

On 11/12/23 09:32, Thiemo Kellner wrote:
> Hi
>
> Does PostgreSQL have something like Oracle's conditional compilation? This 
> is sort of an if then statement that gets evaluated on 
> compilation/installation time of PL/SQL code. If the condition is met, the 
> code until the $END gets compiled. It is even possible to switch on/off 
> parts of single statements. I suppose it is sort of a preprocessor that 
> removes the code part from $IF until $END if the condition is not met.

Pl/PgSQL is an interpreted language; there is no compilation.  At 
creation/installation, it just (I think) does syntax checks; it definitely 
doesn't care if a table exists or not.

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