Re: Oracle PL/SQL Anonymous block equivalent in postgres

Wow, that is large.  I think PL/pgSQL is your best approach.  I
recommend you create a schema that users can write into.

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Ashok Agrawal wrote:
> I don't need ability to sit at a prompt and type stuff.
>
> To be more clear, I am attaching one sample code. I would like to
> migrate this code using postgres without converting into procedure
> or function.
>
> Thanks
> Ashok
>
> Bruce Momjian wrote On 12/22/05 15:35,:
> > Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> >>?hel kenal p?eval, N, 2005-12-22 kell 18:19, kirjutas Bruce Momjian:
> >>
> >>>Ashok Agrawal wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hi ,
> >>>>
> >>>>Here is the requirements :
> >>>>
> >>>>1. Development & Support team can ONLY have READ Only ACCESS
> >>>>   to PRODUCTION Database. They will NOT have access to create
> >>>>   stored procedure & functions in the PRODUCTION on the fly.
> >>>>
> >>>>2. During application support, need to write script which
> >>>>   uses procedural language (IF ELSE, AND , OR,  Cursor, Loop etc)
> >>>>   to produce results or identify/fix issues. Number of this kind of
> >>>>   Requests goes in hundreds during Quarter end.
> >>>>
> >>>>Currently on Oracle as long as you have sqlplus read only access,
> >>>>you can write PL/SQL block and get the work done.
> >>>>
> >>>>Since postgres doesn't support procedural language except in
> >>>>stored objects like procedure/functions, how do I achieve in
> >>>>postgres without using stored objects. If this is not possible,
> >>>>then does it make sense to add this requirement into TO-DO list.
> >>>
> >>>So you want to write procedural code on the client.
> >>
> >>I guess he rather wants to have dont-save-but-execute-immediately
> >>pl/pgsql code.
> >>
> >>could this perhaps be solved by having temporary functions, similar to
> >>postgresql's temporary tables ?
> >
> >
> > I am thinking they want the ability to sit at a prompt and type stuff.
> >
> ~

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