Printing run time messages in postgres

Question

Can we use RAISE NOTICE in postgres as equivalent of RAISERROR \'message to display\' WITH NOWAIT in SQL Server, or is there a better way

Answer 1

You could also do normal selects without the DO block.

INSERT INTO tbl1 (col1) values (val1);

SELECT 'insert tbl1 done!' as msg;

UPDATE tbl2 set col2='val2' where ...;

SELECT 'update tbl2 done!' as msg;

The tradeoff is that it does add extra clutter to the output, like

UPDATE 1
      msg
-----------------
update tbl2 done!
(1 row)