Troy,
> I have moved a database from MS SQL to PG and am now
> trying to move my stored procedures. I have created a
> PG function and am trying to figure out how to execute
> it without using a trigger. In MS, I would type 'exec
> stored_procedure_name'. Is there an equivalent in PG.
> I have tried the 'execute' command but that seems to
> work only within a function. I wish to execute this
> function when I feel like it, not on a fixed schedule.
> Did I miss something in the documentation?
Use "SELECT function_name(params);"
In Postgres, EXECUTE is a PL/pgSQL command to execute arbitrary SQL
strings.
-Josh