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>Chapter 39. <SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
> - <ACRONYM
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> Procedural Language</H1
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>39.1. <A
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>Overview</A
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>39.1.1. <A
HREF="plpgsql-overview.html#PLPGSQL-ADVANTAGES"
>Advantages of Using <SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
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>39.1.2. <A
HREF="plpgsql-overview.html#PLPGSQL-ARGS-RESULTS"
>Supported Argument and Result Data Types</A
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>39.2. <A
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>Structure of <SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
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>39.3. <A
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>Declarations</A
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>39.3.1. <A
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>Declaring Function Parameters</A
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>39.3.2. <A
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><TT
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>ALIAS</TT
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>39.3.3. <A
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>Copying Types</A
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>39.3.4. <A
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>Row Types</A
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>39.3.5. <A
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>Record Types</A
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>39.3.6. <A
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>Collation of <SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
> Variables</A
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>39.4. <A
HREF="plpgsql-expressions.html"
>Expressions</A
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>39.5. <A
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>Basic Statements</A
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>39.5.1. <A
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>Assignment</A
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>39.5.2. <A
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>Executing a Command With No Result</A
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>39.5.3. <A
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>Executing a Query with a Single-row Result</A
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>39.5.4. <A
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>Executing Dynamic Commands</A
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>39.5.5. <A
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>Obtaining the Result Status</A
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>39.5.6. <A
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>Doing Nothing At All</A
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>39.6. <A
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>Control Structures</A
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>39.6.1. <A
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>Returning From a Function</A
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>39.6.2. <A
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>Conditionals</A
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>39.6.3. <A
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>Simple Loops</A
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>39.6.4. <A
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>Looping Through Query Results</A
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>39.6.5. <A
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>Looping Through Arrays</A
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>39.6.6. <A
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>Trapping Errors</A
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>Cursors</A
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>39.7.1. <A
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>Declaring Cursor Variables</A
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>Opening Cursors</A
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>Using Cursors</A
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>39.7.4. <A
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>Looping Through a Cursor's Result</A
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>Errors and Messages</A
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>Trigger Procedures</A
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>39.10. <A
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><SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
> Under the Hood</A
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>39.10.1. <A
HREF="plpgsql-implementation.html#PLPGSQL-VAR-SUBST"
>Variable Substitution</A
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>39.10.2. <A
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>Plan Caching</A
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>39.11. <A
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>Tips for Developing in <SPAN
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>PL/pgSQL</SPAN
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>Porting from <SPAN
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>Oracle</SPAN
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>39.12.1. <A
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>Porting Examples</A
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>39.12.2. <A
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>Other Things to Watch For</A
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>39.12.3. <A
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>Appendix</A
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