Am Donnerstag, den 15.09.2005, 07:43 +0700 schrieb Irfan Syukur: > Dear Tino, > > In MS SQL, I can execute store procedure that I do not know it's name yet. > > A Simplicity example : > CREATE procedure dbo.sp_run_batch (@as_spname varchar(20)) with recompile as > > declare @li_retstat smallint, > @li_status numeric(1,0), @ls_mesg varchar(60) > > exec @li_retstat = @as_spname @as_mesg = @ls_mesg output --(@as_spname = the name of stored procedure) > select @li_retstat, @ls_mesg > return > GO > > Can Postgres do that, how ? Well, not that I know of. But in your example your function has a name. So you simply: SELECT dbo.sp_run_batch('something for spname'); I'd suggest you just play with it a bit - with an eye at the docs. > > in MS SQL, there are datetime and timestamp data type, what data type should I use in Postgres date, timestamp, timestamptz, ... whatever suits your application :) > btw, this would be worth reading (not only for you ;)) > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > Again ;) HTH Tino ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster