Re: SQL-standard function body - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Greetings,

* Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hmm, this all seems like a pretty big semantic change. IIUC, right
> now, a SQL function can only contain one statement, but it seems like
> with this patch you can have a block in there with a bunch of
> statements, sorta like plpgsql.

From our docs:

CREATE FUNCTION tf1 (accountno integer, debit numeric) RETURNS numeric AS $$
    UPDATE bank
        SET balance = balance - debit
        WHERE accountno = tf1.accountno;
    SELECT 1;
$$ LANGUAGE SQL;

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-sql.html

Haven't looked at the patch, tho if it adds support for something the
SQL standard defines, that generally seems like a positive to me.

Thanks,

Stephen