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PL/pgSQL

procedural programming language for PostgreSQL database systems
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PL/pgSQL

Summary

PL/pgSQL is a procedural programming language[1]. PL/pgSQL draws 32 Wikipedia views per month (procedural_programming_language category, ranking #5 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • PL/pgSQL was influenced by PL/SQL[3].
  • PL/pgSQL was influenced by Q154755[4].
  • PL/pgSQL's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[5].
  • PL/pgSQL's instance of is recorded as domain-specific language[6].
  • PL/pgSQL's based on is recorded as PL/SQL[7].
  • PL/pgSQL's based on is recorded as Q154755[8].
  • PL/pgSQL's logo image is recorded as Postgresql elephant.svg[9].
  • PL/pgSQL's copyright license is recorded as PostgreSQL License[10].
  • PL/pgSQL's part of is recorded as Q192490[11].
  • PL/pgSQL's has use is recorded as stored procedure[12].
  • +1998-10-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PL/pgSQL[13].
  • PL/pgSQL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05967y[14].
  • PL/pgSQL's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/plpgsql.html[15].
  • PL/pgSQL's Quora topic ID is recorded as PL-pgSQL[16].
  • PL/pgSQL's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[17].
  • PL/pgSQL's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[18].
  • PL/pgSQL's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780736712[19].

Body

Geography

PL/pgSQL's part of is recorded as Q192490[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include procedural programming language[5] and domain-specific language[6].

History and Context

+1998-10-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PL/pgSQL[13].

Why It Matters

PL/pgSQL draws 32 Wikipedia views per month (procedural_programming_language category, ranking #5 of 10).[2] PL/pgSQL has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] PL/pgSQL is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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