This may be too simplistic an answer, but can't you just have the function return a text string and return the message you want to deliver back to the client? On Wednesday 23 February 2005 05:00 am, Andre Schnoor saith: > > I'm desparately seeking for a simple way to send messages to the client > > during the execution of large stored procedures. > > > > RAISE INFO 'Now Processing %', thisCustomer; > > > > Doesn't do it, because the client console is cluttered with verbose > > context > > > information (e.g. backtrace). It's impossible to follow these "messages". > > > > I'm afraid that lowering the verbosity level in the server config will > > also > > > affect error messages (where verbosity is helpful). Is there another way > > to > > > output strings to the "console"? > > Example: > > > INFO: Total of 25130 listed songs found, 13046 of them did not perform > today > CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT sp_song_performance_reset( $1 )" > PL/pgSQL function "sp_song_performance_batch" line 41 at select into > variables > SQL statement "SELECT sp_song_performance_batch( $1 )" > PL/pgSQL function "sp_daily" line 39 at select into variables > SQL statement "SELECT sp_daily()" > PL/pgSQL function "sp_test_charts" line 14 at select into variables > > > I only want to have the first line appear and nothing else. > How do I suppress the CONTEXT clutter? > > > Andre > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org