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CALL(7)                            PostgreSQL 14.23 Documentation                            CALL(7)



NAME
       CALL - invoke a procedure

SYNOPSIS
       CALL name ( [ argument ] [, ...] )

DESCRIPTION
       CALL executes a procedure.

       If the procedure has any output parameters, then a result row will be returned, containing
       the values of those parameters.

PARAMETERS
       name
           The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the procedure.

       argument
           An argument expression for the procedure call.

           Arguments can include parameter names, using the syntax name => value. This works the
           same as in ordinary function calls; see Section 4.3 for details.

           Arguments must be supplied for all procedure parameters that lack defaults, including OUT
           parameters. However, arguments matching OUT parameters are not evaluated, so it's
           customary to just write NULL for them. (Writing something else for an OUT parameter might
           cause compatibility problems with future PostgreSQL versions.)

NOTES
       The user must have EXECUTE privilege on the procedure in order to be allowed to invoke it.

       To call a function (not a procedure), use SELECT instead.

       If CALL is executed in a transaction block, then the called procedure cannot execute
       transaction control statements. Transaction control statements are only allowed if CALL is
       executed in its own transaction.

       PL/pgSQL handles output parameters in CALL commands differently; see Section 43.6.3.

EXAMPLES
           CALL do_db_maintenance();

COMPATIBILITY
       CALL conforms to the SQL standard, except for the handling of output parameters. The standard
       says that users should write variables to receive the values of output parameters.

SEE ALSO
       CREATE PROCEDURE (CREATE_PROCEDURE(7))



PostgreSQL 14.23                                2026                                         CALL(7)