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Dollars and Quotes — PLpgSQL programming basics.
Start talking about dollars, and you will get all the attention in the world. Well, in this instance, it is not so much about dollars in the monetary sense, but more so in a programming one. You’re likely wondering just what on earth I am talking about. Read on and learn with me about a neat feature that PostgreSQL’s PLpgSQL procedural language provides when creating functions and stored procedures.
Note: All data, names or naming found within the database presented in this post, are strictly used for practice, learning, instruction, and testing purposes. It by no means depicts actual data belonging to or being used by any party or organization.
OS and DB used:
- Xubuntu Linux 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
- PostgreSQL 11.2
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I’ll use a couple of tables from the PostgreSQL practice DVD Rental database for the example queries below.
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