Re: [BASIC FEATURES] stored procedures in Postgresql ?

"Jérôme Courat" <jerome.courat@gecko.fr.eu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> We have to evaluate the possibility to integrate an open source RDBMS in our
> software developments.
> I checked some stuff on Postgres, but I now have to find out whether
> Postgres integrates Stored Procedures as a feature.

Depends on your definition of "stored procedure".  Postgres allows
user-written functions, stored in the database, and callable from
queries.  What these functions can't currenty do is return result
sets, which is what a lot of people mean by "stored procedure".

However, it's my understanding that in 7.2 (which is currently in
beta) functions can return open cursors, which gives you a lot of the
same functionality as returning result sets.

Also, functions can be written in several languages, including Perl,
Python, and Tcl as well as straight C and PGSQL (which is similar to
Oracle's PL/SQL).

> Can anyone tell me if it does ? In that case, my company would use this
> rdbms for several future products.

I hope my response has been helpful.

-Doug
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