Re: Complex transactions without using plPgSQL Functions. It is possible?

On 03/06/2012 11:30 AM, Andre Lopes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a web application that uses PostgreSQL and I need to do
> some operations where I read/write to 3 tables in the same
> transaction. To do this I need to store the values of variables and
> I'm not sure if it is possible to do this without using plPgSQL.
>
> [code]
> SELECT count(email) INTO vCONTA_HIST FROM am_newsletter_hist_alter
> WHERE email = pEMAIL AND id_website_recolha = pID_WEBSITE_RECOLHA;
>
> IF vCONTA_HIST = 0 THEN
>      vNUM_ALTER := 1;
> ELSE
>      SELECT MAX(num_alter) INTO vNUM_ALTER_ACT FROM am_newsletter_hist_alter
>      WHERE email = pEMAIL AND id_website_recolha = pID_WEBSITE_RECOLHA LIMIT 1;
>      vNUM_ALTER := vNUM_ALTER_ACT + 1;
> END IF;
> [/code]
>
> This is the plPgSQL code that I need to write in Python. It is
> possible to do this without using PlPgSQL?

Sure:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/plpython-database.html

>
> Best Regards,
>


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