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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/man7/DO.7 b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DO.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54ae6a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/sgml/man7/DO.7 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: DO +.\" Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 2022 +.\" Manual: PostgreSQL 14.5 Documentation +.\" Source: PostgreSQL 14.5 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "DO" "7" "2022" "PostgreSQL 14.5" "PostgreSQL 14.5 Documentation" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +DO \- execute an anonymous code block +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.nf +DO [ LANGUAGE \fIlang_name\fR ] \fIcode\fR +.fi +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBDO\fR +executes an anonymous code block, or in other words a transient anonymous function in a procedural language\&. +.PP +The code block is treated as though it were the body of a function with no parameters, returning +void\&. It is parsed and executed a single time\&. +.PP +The optional +LANGUAGE +clause can be written either before or after the code block\&. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +.PP +\fIcode\fR +.RS 4 +The procedural language code to be executed\&. This must be specified as a string literal, just as in +\fBCREATE FUNCTION\fR\&. Use of a dollar\-quoted literal is recommended\&. +.RE +.PP +\fIlang_name\fR +.RS 4 +The name of the procedural language the code is written in\&. If omitted, the default is +plpgsql\&. +.RE +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +The procedural language to be used must already have been installed into the current database by means of +\fBCREATE EXTENSION\fR\&. +plpgsql +is installed by default, but other languages are not\&. +.PP +The user must have +USAGE +privilege for the procedural language, or must be a superuser if the language is untrusted\&. This is the same privilege requirement as for creating a function in the language\&. +.PP +If +\fBDO\fR +is executed in a transaction block, then the procedure code cannot execute transaction control statements\&. Transaction control statements are only allowed if +\fBDO\fR +is executed in its own transaction\&. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.PP +Grant all privileges on all views in schema +public +to role +webuser: +.sp +.if n \{\ +.RS 4 +.\} +.nf +DO $$DECLARE r record; +BEGIN + FOR r IN SELECT table_schema, table_name FROM information_schema\&.tables + WHERE table_type = \*(AqVIEW\*(Aq AND table_schema = \*(Aqpublic\*(Aq + LOOP + EXECUTE \*(AqGRANT ALL ON \*(Aq || quote_ident(r\&.table_schema) || \*(Aq\&.\*(Aq || quote_ident(r\&.table_name) || \*(Aq TO webuser\*(Aq; + END LOOP; +END$$; +.fi +.if n \{\ +.RE +.\} +.SH "COMPATIBILITY" +.PP +There is no +\fBDO\fR +statement in the SQL standard\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +CREATE LANGUAGE (\fBCREATE_LANGUAGE\fR(7)) |