RE: SQL equivalint of #incude directive ?

> From: stan <stanb(at)panix(dot)com>
>
> I thought this would be common. But a quick Google only revealed what look to be workarounds.
>
> I am defining a bunch of functions, and I would prefer to store them in a separate file, which then gets "source" by the main DB init file.
>
> Is there a standard way to do this?

Besides what the others have said, not if you stick to SQL. This is really
more of an application level question where you have something that
will do your init/load process.

If you're willing to use other tools, then there are solutions. IIRC, your
other thread had "#include" in the title. You could build a small file with:

#include "function1.sql"
#include "function2.sql"
...

Then run it thru "cpp" and use the output of that. Might need some
post-processing if you're unlucky; I'd have to try it to see if there are
extraneous lines.

Personally, I'd probably just have a shell script that goes into that dir
and does something like:

cat *.sql | psql -d DB # and other args

and call it done...translate if you're not on a Unix-like system.

I could write a Perl program to do it because Perl can do almost anything. ;)

Your imagination is the limit.

HTH,
Kevin
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