Printing run time messages in postgres

Question

Can we use RAISE NOTICE in postgres as equivalent of RAISERROR \'message to display\' WITH NOWAIT in SQL Server, or is there a better way

Answer 1

you can use very simple statement in function everywhere.

DO $$ begin raise notice '%',now(); end; $$;

function for reference:

create or replace function test() RETURNS bool AS '
begin
raise notice ''%'',now();
for i IN 0..50000000  loop
     end loop
     raise notice ''%'',now();
     return true;
end;

LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';