Re: PL/PGSQL Cook Book

mark proctor writes:

> I've been trawling through the mailist lists and I notice there was
> talk back in 1999 abouta PLPGSQL Cook Book - did anything come of
> this? If no one is maintaining something like this and people think
> its a good idea I think we should have another crack at it. I'd be
> happy to maintain something like this and put it up on the web,
> although I'm only a newbie and would rely upon user contribution.

Start writing, and send it to pgsql-docs@postgresql.org.  It doesn't have
to be a great work of literature; incremental work is just fine.

>    How can I create Tree structures?
>    Are recursive functions supported?
>    Whats are the advanteds disadvantes of the different scipting langues PL/PGSQL, PL/Perl, PL/Tcl?
>    How do variable scopes work in PL/PGSQL?
>    Can I output variables from a function to the command line for debugging purposes?
>    How to debug PL/PGSQL?
>    Various examples for each of the statements

All valid questions.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/