Concat error in PL/pgsql

From: Hans Peter Wuermli <wurmli(at)freesurf(dot)ch>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Concat error in PL/pgsql
Date: 2001-01-06 17:29:22
Message-ID: 200101061729.SAA31739@obelix.spectraweb.ch
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I don't have a bug template at hand.

Within a plpgsql function, concatenating TEXT strings from tables that allow NULL values return nil results. Please run the following. The result of the second select is nil.

Cheers, H.P.

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create table tconcattest (id char(3),str text);

insert into tconcattest values('hpw',text('Something...'));
insert into tconcattest values('wuh',text('and more of something.'));

create function fconcattest () returns text as'
declare
r record;
output text;
begin
output := text('''');
for r in select * from tconcattest loop
output := output || r.str;
end loop;
return output;
end;
' language 'plpgsql';

select fconcattest();

insert into tconcattest values('abc',NULL);

select fconcattest();

update tconcattest set str='...again' where id='abc';

select fconcattest();

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