Re: DO ... RETURNING

2013/6/11 Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>:
> * Merlin Moncure (mmoncure@gmail.com) wrote:
>> I agree with all your comments pretty much down the line.  Need top
>> level CALL that supports parameterization and multiple sets that
>> utilizes background worker (we have example spi worker that gives some
>> hints about how pl/pgsql could be made to work).  Because it's top
>> level (can't even be inlined to CTE), we can access behaviors that are
>> not possible in current pl/pgsql, for example setting transaction
>> isolation in advance of snapshot and changing database connection
>> mid-procedure.
>
> And this still has next-to-nothing to do with the specific proposal that
> was put forward.
>
> I'd like actual procedures too, but it's a completely different and
> distinct thing from making DO blocks able to return something.

I think so it is related - we talk about future form of DO statement -
or about future form of server side scripting.

But it is not important in this moment

Pavel

>
>         Thanks,
>
>                 Stephen