Re: For loop - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: For loop
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Msg-id 20070313134041.GB6715@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: For loop  ("Ezequias R. da Rocha" <ezequias@fastcon.com.br>)
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Ezequias R. da Rocha wrote:
> I quetion one more time. I must have a function ? Isn't another way to 
> implement it without using functions ?

The syntax you show is plpgsql.  You cannot use that without a function.
(The alternative would be to script the bulk insertion client-side,
which I'd think is smarter anyway).

If what you need to do is batch processing of rows to produce other
rows, then maybe you can craft an INSERT .. SELECT query to do it
instead of this row-at-a-time approach.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.


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