Re: pl/pgsql and global variables

Use plpython. There you will have session duration
variables available. If you need multi-connection
"global" variables, put them in a table (duh :-)

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On Wednesday 09 April 2003 04:24, John Lim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We are trying to select which procedural language to use with postgresql.
> We are familiar with oracle and PL/SQL and were pleased with the close
> match with PL/pgSQL.
>
> However we need access to global variables in PL/pgSQL. I cannot find any
> mention of this in the docs. A search on google was not helpful as it just
> pointed back at the docs. Is this feature available, or do we have to use
> some of the other available languages such as PL/TCL or PL/Python?
>
> Also any advice on the stability of any of the PL/languages would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks again for reading and answering this.
>
> John Lim
>
>
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