Stored Procedure

Started by Kémeri Lajosalmost 25 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Kémeri Lajos
lkemeri@metalogic.hu

Hi!
I send an example in Interbase, what I would like to do in PostgreSQL:
Please help me, how to do it!
Thank You

Lewis
lkemeri@metalogic.hu

In the Interbase there is this STORED PROCEDURE:

CREATE PROCEDURE LOGIN (
USER_NAME VARCHAR(16),
PASSWORD VARCHAR(8)
) RETURNS (
ID INTEGER,
FULL_NAME VARCHAR(255),
LAST_LOGIN DATE
) AS
DECLARE VARIABLE FELFUGGESZTVE INTEGER;
BEGIN
SELECT ID, FULL_NAME, LAST_LOGIN FROM names
WHERE UPPER(USER_NAME)=UPPER(:USER_NAME) and
UPPER(PASSWORD)=UPPER(:PASSWORD)
INTO ID, FULL_NAME, LAST_LOGIN;
SUSPEND;
IF (ID IS NOT NULL) THEN UPDATE names SET LAST_LOGIN = "NOW" WHERE id=:ID;
END;

And I call it: select * from LOGIN ('username', 'password');
Result: 1, 'Lewis'

#2Nils Zonneveld
nils@mbit.nl
In reply to: Kémeri Lajos (#1)
Re: Stored Procedure

K�meri Lajos wrote:

And I call it: select * from LOGIN ('username', 'password');
Result: 1, 'Lewis'

In PostgreSQL you can define only functions, they go a long way, but are
not really stored procedures. A stored procedure can return a tuple just
like you show. A function can only return one value.

Nils