Re: Results from testing 1.6.1 rev: 5646:5652M

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