plpgsql

I am using Postgres for a django project and I am currently implementing a database backup/restore system that as simple as possible performs a pg_dump when the user clicks backup and then pg_restore when they click restore backup. All seems fine and dandy until it actually tries to perform the pg_restore at which time it gives this error: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 3206; 0 0 COMMENT EXTENSION plpgsql pg_restore: [archiver (db)] could not execute query: ERROR: must be owner of extension plpgsql Command was: COMMENT ON EXTENSION plpgsql IS 'PL/pgSQL procedural language'; I

In PostgreSQL exists some ways to make a statement using bulk collect into like in Oracle? Example in Oracle: create or replace procedure prc_tst_bulk_test is type typ_person is table of tb_person%rowtype; v_tb_person typ_person; begin select * bulk collect into v_tb_person from tb_person; -- make a selection in v_tb_person, for instance select name, count(*) from v_tb_person where age > 50 union select name, count(*) from v_tb_person where gender = 1 end; Thank you There is no such syntax in PostgreSQL, nor a close functional equivalent. You can create a temporary table in your PL/PgSQL code

I want to create a function that returns a type that I made, but when I execute it, it says that the type doesn't exists. I assume that's cause it doesn't know about the custom type. UDT: CREATE TYPE building_code AS ENUM ('IT','EMS','HSB','ENG'); Function: CREATE FUNCTION roomCode(id int ) RETURNS building_code AS $$ SELECT building_code FROM venue as v WHERE id = v.id; $$ LANGUAGE SQL; This should just work. The enum should not be a problem. Tested with Postgres 9.1 and 9.2 CREATE TYPE building_code AS ENUM ('IT','EMS','HSB','ENG'); CREATE TEMP TABLE venue (id int PRIMARY KEY, building_code

I have a trigger setup to fire off after a row is updated or inserted for table A. There is also a table B that references table A, but also has another column which I want to analyze, a boolean (so this function would only be usable on an UPDATE). When I try to access the column: SELECT col1 FROM B WHERE B.aID = NEW.ID; This column col1 is always NULL. Why is this? How can I get the boolean value upon an update? I'll have to guess, because you cunningly kept the function definition a secret. (Irony intended.) Most probably you are running into a naming conflict. Parameter names ( IN and OUT

I want to do something like this in a PL/pgSQL function in Postgres 9.6: INSERT INTO table1 (id, value) VALUES (1, 'a') ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING; --- If the above statement didn't insert a new row --- because id of 1 already existed, --- then run the following statements INSERT INTO table2 (table1_id, value) VALUES (1, 'a'); UPDATE table3 set (table1_id, time) = (1, now()); However, I don't know how to determine whether the first INSERT actually inserted a new row, or whether the the ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING was done. I could do a SELECT at the beginning of the function to see whether a record