Statement Types Not Supported

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The stored procedure and trigger language does not include many of the statement types available in DSQL or gpre. The following statement types are not supported in triggers or stored procedures:

• Data definition language statements: CREATE, ALTER, DROP, DECLARE EXTERNAL FUNCTION, and DECLARE FILTER
• Transaction control statements: SET TRANSACTION, COMMIT, ROLLBACK
• Dynamic SQL statements: PREPARE, DESCRIBE, EXECUTE
• CONNECT/DISCONNECT, and sending SQL statements to another database
• GRANT/REVOKE
• SET GENERATOR
• EVENT INIT/WAIT
• BEGIN/END DECLARE SECTION
• BASED ON
• WHENEVER
• DECLARE CURSOR
• OPEN
• FETCH