Re: "stored procedures"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "stored procedures"
Date: 2011-04-22 15:10:43
Message-ID: 19196.1303485043@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> writes:
> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> wouldn't it be better if the current crop of language handlers
>> could run procedures without major changes? C functions with SPI?
>> However it's internally implemented, the more userland mindspace
>> recovered for use of writing procedures the better off we are.

> +1

I'd like a pony, too. Let's be perfectly clear about this: there is no
part of plpgsql that can run outside a transaction today, and probably
no part of the other PLs either, and changing that "without major
changes" is wishful thinking of the first order.

regards, tom lane

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