Simon Riggs <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It sounds like you don't know about anonymous code blocks with DO > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sql-do.html No, the problem was that there are also some parameters to be passed in from the application, and DO doesn't take any parameters; so that would require inserting them manually into the DO text, with all the attendant hazards of getting-it-wrong. We've speculated before about letting DO grow some parameter handling, but it's not gotten to the top of anyone's to-do list. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance