updategram in pg

No, but you should be able to build something similar using a
language that understands XML. You could then pass something like
this to the database:

SELECT updategram.update('big-ole XML string');

If you wanted to get even more fancy, you could create a daemon that
would accept connections as if it was a postmaster and handle in-line
XML requests however MS does.

If you decide to go this route please consider starting a project on
pgFoundry, as I'm sure others would find this useful.

On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:08 AM, SunWuKung wrote:

Is there a way to store update/insert logic in the data instead of
writing db or application procedures to do that?

I am looking for something along the lines of MS updategrams like
this:

<ROOT xmlns:updg="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-updategram">
<updg:sync>
<updg:before></updg:before>
<updg:after updg:returnid="x y" >
<HumanResources.Shift updg:at-identity="x" Name="Day-Evening"
StartTime="1900-01-01 11:00:00.000"
EndTime="1900-01-01 19:00:00.000"
ModifiedDate="2004-01-01 00:00:00.000" />
<HumanResources.Shift updg:at-identity="y" Name="Evening-Night"
StartTime="1900-01-01 19:00:00.000"
EndTime="1900-01-01 03:00:00.000"
ModifiedDate="2004-01-01 00:00:00.000" />
</updg:after>
</updg:sync>
</ROOT>

Thanks for the help.
Balázs

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