| From: | Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
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| To: | Jomon Skariah <jomons(at)aztec(dot)soft(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Porting from PL/SQL to PLPGSQL |
| Date: | 2003-08-13 19:50:16 |
| Message-ID: | 1060804215.11688.76.camel@jester |
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> we are facing a few problems with PL/SQL Code..
>
> 1) In Exceptions ORACLE have something called WHEN OTHERS THEN cluase.I
> can't find a replacement for that in
> PostGreSQL.
What does it do?
> 2 Oracle have a function USERENV to get the user session
> information.Is there any replacement available in PostGres. ?
CURRENT_USER (I believe this is per spec)
> 3 Is there any replace available for INSTEAD OF INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE
> for triggers in PostGreSQL.
You might have some luck with Rules (CREATE RULE) if you are writing
data to a different table. Otherwise you're stuck with somewhat more
complicated triggers.
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