Hi Dave!
dpage@postgresql.org wrote:
> Erwin Brandstetter wrote:
>> BTW: what exactly makes a procedure a procedure and not a function?
>> OUT-parameters, right?
> Yes - and we don't recommend use of return values from a procedure.
To clarify: "we" stands for the PostgreSQL developers? Or pgAdmin
developers? It's not a rare case of pluralis majestatis, is it? :-o
>> I wouldn't mind, if functions and procedures were merged in the
>> object tree.
>
> We keep them seperate as they help give users of certain other DBMS's
> (who may not be familar with functions as we know them) a warm and
> fuzzy feeling :-)
I feel dumb. The fuzzy-feelers come from .. mysql .. or oracle?
Regards
Erwin