Re: RE : Is the use of array as PL/PGSQL function arguments

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruno BAGUETTE <pgsql-ml(at)baguette(dot)net>
Cc: "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: RE : Is the use of array as PL/PGSQL function arguments
Date: 2003-10-09 23:41:35
Message-ID: 200310092341.h99NfZ420238@candle.pha.pa.us
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Added to TODO:

o Allow PL/pgSQL to handle %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]

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Bruno BAGUETTE wrote:
> > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myownfunction(members.id%TYPE[],
> > > events.id%TYPE) RETURNS BOOLEAN AS '
> >
> > You can certainly use arrays as arguments, but I don't think
> > you can combine %TYPE with [] like that.
>
> Thanks Tom for the information ! :-)
>
> When I create functions with %TYPE, PostgreSQL replies that it will
> convert the %TYPE with a VARCHAR (for example). So it could replace a
> %TYPE[] by a VARCHAR[] (in my example) ?
>
> It seems that this modification could be done easily, I will try to find
> in the source code to create this patch. (Without any warranties, I
> never done a patch for PostgreSQL).
>
> In the meantime, is it possible to add this feature in the TODO list ?
>
> Regards,
>
> ---------------------------------------
> Bruno BAGUETTE - pgsql-ml(at)baguette(dot)net
>
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