with no parameters, returning <type>void</>. It is parsed and
executed a single time.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ The optional <literal>LANGUAGE</> clause can be written either
+ before or after the code block.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<refsect1 id="sql-do-examples">
<title id="sql-do-examples-title">Examples</title>
<para>
- Execute a simple PL/pgsql loop without needing to create a function:
+ Grant all privileges on all views in schema <literal>public</> to
+ role <literal>webuser</>:
<programlisting>
-DO $$
-DECLARE r record;
+DO $$DECLARE r record;
BEGIN
- FOR r IN SELECT rtrim(roomno) AS roomno, comment FROM Room ORDER BY roomno
+ FOR r IN SELECT table_schema, table_name FROM information_schema.tables
+ WHERE table_type = 'VIEW' AND table_schema = 'public'
LOOP
- RAISE NOTICE '%, %', r.roomno, r.comment;
+ EXECUTE 'GRANT ALL ON ' || quote_ident(r.table_schema) || '.' || quote_ident(r.table_name) || ' TO webuser';
END LOOP;
END$$;
</programlisting>
+ This example assumes that <varname>default_do_language</> has its
+ default value, namely <literal>plpgsql</>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>