Re: %ROWTYPE as PL/pgsql argument

From: Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Richard Emberson <emberson(at)phc(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: %ROWTYPE as PL/pgsql argument
Date: 2002-04-02 19:34:12
Message-ID: 200204021934.g32JYC531262@saturn.janwieck.net
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Jan Wieck <janwieck(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> > At the time beeing you can't do that with PL/pgSQL. The
> > language can receive rows as parameters, but it cannot build
> > those rows and pass them down to called functions.
>
> Hmm, doesn't it work to do
>
> declare var some-row-type;
>
> select x, y, z into var;
>
> select otherfunc(var);

Yes,

it doesn't work. Actually, giving just a relname as 'some-
row-type' crashes the backend. Will take a look at it
tomorrow.

Jan

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