We, that is ecpg, will need BEGIN and END to include blocks of Pl/pgSQL.
I think this can be modelled after ORACLE's PL/SQL. in your embedded SQL
code you say:

	...
	exec sql begin;
		<some PL/SQL code, for instance the call of a stored
procedure>
	exec sql end;
	...

And I'd really like to call a stored procedure from my C program.

Michael
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> ----------
> From: 	sferac@bo.nettuno.it[SMTP:sferac@bo.nettuno.it]
> Sent: 	Freitag, 13. März 1998 18:28
> To: 	Zeugswetter Andreas
> Cc: 	'Michael Meskes'; 'pgsql-hackers@hub.org'
> Subject: 	Re: AW: [HACKERS] Begin statement again
> 
> On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Zeugswetter Andreas wrote:
> 
> > I think we should depreciate the BEGIN/END keywords in SQL to allow
> them
> > to be used for the new PL/SQL. So definitely leave them out of ecpg
> now.
> > Only accept BEGIN WORK and BEGIN TRANSACTION. (do a sequence of
> commit work; begin work) 
> 
> Apologies for intrusion.
> 
> I think we don't need BEGIN/END at all, these statements aren't SQL
> standard.
> END is an alias for COMMIT.
> (why do we need two statements to do the same thing?).
> 
> from man commit:
>        "...
>        This   commands  commits  the  current  transaction.   All
>        changes made by the transaction become visible  to  others
>        and  are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs.
>        COMMIT is functionally equivalent to the END command"
>        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> from man begin:
>        "...
>        commands  commits  the  current  transaction.   All
>        changes made by the transaction become visible  to  others
>        and are guaranteed to be durable if a crash occurs."
> 
> and BEGIN should be changed to SQL standard SET TRANSACTION statement.
> -------
> PS:
>     I think PL/pgSQL is an eccellent idea. Go for it.
>                                                             Ciao,
> Jose'
> 
> 

Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:20:41 +0100
"Meskes, Michael" <meskes@topsystem.de>
RE: AW: [HACKERS] Begin statement again