Quoting in stored procedures

From: Jochen Topf <sqrt(at)eldorado(dot)inka(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Quoting in stored procedures
Date: 1999-08-28 21:19:30
Message-ID: 19990828231930.A7802@eldorado.inka.de
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The syntax needed for defining functions is quite annoying because of the
needed quoting. Example:

CREATE FUNCTION bla (int4) RETURNS char AS '
BEGIN
RETURN ''Two quotes needed''
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

How about allowing something like in shell here-documents:

CREATE FUNCTION bla (int4) RETURNS char LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' UNTIL '__EOF__';
BEGIN
RETURN 'Only one quote needed'
END;
__EOF__

Or similar. The __EOF__ is of course totally arbitrary and every string can
be used, so this will work with any language used.

jochen

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