"James Harper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there an API method to be able to execute pl/pgsql (or any other
> language) code directly from C?
>
> Eg (please excuse the line wrapping, and the fact that this doesn't
> represent a case where this would actually be useful!)
>
> result = PQexecPL("plpgsql", "IF $1 = 'xyzzy" THEN SELECT * FROM fnord
> END IF;", "xyzzy");
Not currently. Any server-side code has to be in a function, so such
an API would have to create a temporary function (which you might or
might not have privileges to do), call it, and then drop it. It's
theoretically possible I guess, but would be ugly and slow.
-Doug
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