"Troy" <troy@hendrix.biz> writes:
> Does PL/PGSQL handle
> INOUTS the same as ORACLE PL/SQL?
Probably not, if the way you seem to expect it to work is like Oracle.
An INOUT parameter isn't some sort of modifiable by-reference variable,
it's just a shorthand for declaring an IN parameter and an OUT
parameter.
regards, tom lane