From: | "Jatinder Sangha" <Jatinder(at)sanghaservices(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Passing composite values to functions |
Date: | 2004-02-13 15:24:48 |
Message-ID: | VPOP31.5.0g.20040213152448.234.3.1.c2afae49@sanghapc1 |
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Hi,
I'm having trouble passing a composite variable to a function.
I have a composite as follows:
declare userRecord dnaUsers%ROWTYPE;
and I manipulate it like this:
select into userRecord * from dnaUsers where etc;
userRecord.userid := 'jatinder'; --etc
I would like to then insert this record into the table (kind of like this):
insert into dnaUsers select userRecord;
insert into dnaUsers select userRecord.*;
insert into dnaUsers values (userRecord);
insert into dnaUsers values (userRecord.*);
All of the above generate various errors relating to "userRecord" not being
a table?
I can't find any examples of this in the archives or the documentation. Is
this even possible?
I also, haven't found a way to pass my "userRecord" to a function, eg:
create or replace function isUserActive (dnaUsers)
returns boolean
as '
do something with $1;
return true;
' language plpgsql;
The problem here is that I can't pass userRecord to the new function:
isActive := isUserActive (userRecord);
Again, the errors appear to be about "userRecord" not being a table?
So, is it even possible to use composite records in this manner? All of the
examples I've seen, seem to be about passing a row of a direct select
statement as a composite argument to a function, and not about passing a
locally declared composite variable.
Can anyone help correct my understanding of what I can and can't do with
composites?
Thanks,
--Jatinder
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