Re: pg equivalent to MS SQL exec command - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: pg equivalent to MS SQL exec command
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Msg-id web-819021@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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In response to pg equivalent to MS SQL exec command  (Ugly Hippo <ugly_hippo@yahoo.ca>)
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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

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