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Re: Need help with clarification on stored procedure support in PostGreSQL database

raf <raf@raf.org>

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From: raf <raf@raf.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>, "Bysani, Ram" <rbysani@informatica.com>, "pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-03-09T00:53:00Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 06:31:56PM -0500, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> raf <raf@raf.org> writes:
> > Is there any important different between a stored procedure and
> > a stored function that returns void? I've been using functions
> > for everything but calling them procedures in my head (even though
> > most of them do return a value or result set).
> 
> A procedure can commit or rollback a transaction (and then start
> a new one).
> 
> 			regards, tom lane

thanks.

cheers,
raf

Commits

  1. Doc: improve introductory information about procedures.

  2. Support for OUT parameters in procedures