createPROCEDURE {pgTools}

Generate a PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE statement, optionally execute the statement if con is not NULL.

Description

Generate a PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE statement, optionally execute the statement if con is not NULL.

Usage

createPROCEDURE(
  name,
  args = NULL,
  or_replace = FALSE,
  language = "SQL",
  definition,
  con = NULL
)

Arguments

name

A string, the "name" parameter for PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE.

args

A named list, names are the argument names, values are strings with the argument data types.

or_replace

TRUE/FALSE, if TRUE, adds "OR REPLACE" to PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE statement.

language

A string, the "language" parameter for PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE.

definition

A string, the "definition" parameter for PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE.

con

A database connection that can be passed to DBI::dbSendQuery/DBI::dbGetQuery.

Value

A string, PostgreSQL CREATE PROCEDURE statement; or the results retrieved by DBI::dbSendQuery after executing the statement.

Examples

createPROCEDURE(
name = "sample",
args = list(a = "INTEGER", b = "TEXT"),
definition = "INSERT INTO tbl(col1, col2) VALUES (a, b);"
)