Exemple :CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE nomEtudiant(numEtud integer) AS $$
DECLARE
nom VARCHAR;
BEGIN
SELECT etud_nom INTO nom FROM etudiant WHERE etud_num=numEtud;
END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION nomPrenomEtudiant(numEtud integer) RETURNS VARCHAR AS $$
DECLARE
nom VARCHAR;
prenom VARCHAR;
nom_prenom VARCHAR;
BEGIN
SELECT etud_nom, etud_prenom INTO nom, prenom FROM etudiant WHERE etud_num=numEtud;
-- possibilité de postfixer la clause INTO
-- SELECT etud_nom, etud_prenom FROM etudiant WHERE etud_num=numEtud INTO nom, prenom;
nom_prenom := prenom || ' ' || nom;
RETURN nom_prenom;
END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;