Re: pl/SQL debugging in PostgreSQL

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Michael Holzman <michaelholzman(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pl/SQL debugging in PostgreSQL
Date: 2019-01-25 15:33:22
Message-ID: 201901251533.lvwqheyhed5b@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2019-Jan-25, Tom Lane wrote:

> Michael Holzman <michaelholzman(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > What are the ways of development and debugging of pl/SQL code in PG? Any
> > suggestions/hints will be very appreciated.
>
> The standard low-tech way is to sprinkle RAISE NOTICE (or maybe RAISE LOG)
> actions throughout your function. The only real alternative I know about
> is EDB's pl/debugger, which I think used to be available standalone but
> these days it seems like they only provide it with the pgAdmin GUI.

There's also a plpgsql debugger in OmniDB:
https://omnidb.org/en/documentation-en/13-debug-plpgsql-functions-en

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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