Re: Ridicolus Postgresql review

It seems that the argument is over what a "stored procedure" is.... So can
anyone answer that with something to back it up? Opinions are great and all
but I think something more substantial than the "just 'cause" reason is
needed here :-)

Thanks!

-Mitch

> I blame the author.
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> But as far as the comments on this list, the main differentiation
> between stored procedures and functions (as commonly accepted in the
> database world) was that stored procedures can return result sets and
> can be associated in packages, functions do not have this distinction.
>
> That said, postgres has functions, not stored procedures.  Personally,
> I wish postgres *did* have stored procedures... I like them far better.
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