From: | Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> |
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To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] NULL as an argument in plpgsql functions (fwd) |
Date: | 1999-09-29 10:19:35 |
Message-ID: | Pine.GSO.3.96.SK.990929135438.16613m-100000@ra |
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Excuse me for reposting,
I just want to be sure my original posting doesn't lost.
Is this a bug or feature ?
Also, it seems there is a limitation to a number of arguments.
Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:26:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] NULL as an argument in plpgsql functions
> Hi,
>
> this select produces error message:
> test=> select test2(NULL);
> ERROR: typeidTypeRelid: Invalid type - oid = 0
>
Not sure how to pass NULL's into functions.
> test2:
> CREATE FUNCTION test2 (int4) RETURNS int4 AS '
> Declare
> keyval Alias For $1;
> cnt int4;
> Begin
> Update hits set count = count +1 where msg_id = keyval;
> return cnt;
> End;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> When I do manually update
> Update hits set count = count +1 where msg_id = NULL;
> it works fine. What's the problem ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Oleg
>
>
> test=> \d hits
> Table = hits
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | msg_id | int4 | 4 |
> | count | int4 | 4 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> test=> select version();
> version
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 6.5.2 on i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1, compiled by gcc 2.95.1
> (1 row)
>
> _____________________________________________________________
> Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
> Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
> Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
> phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
>
>
> ************
>
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