Re: Analysis Function

On 11/06/10 11:25, David Jarvis wrote:
> Datum dateserial (PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) {
> int32 p_year = PG_GETARG_INT32(0);
> int32 p_month = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
> int32 p_day = PG_GETARG_INT32(2);
>
> DateADT d = date2j (p_year, p_month, p_day) - POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE;
> PG_RETURN_DATEADT(d);
> }
>
> Compiles without errors or warnings. The function is integrated as follows:
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION dateserial(integer, integer, integer)
> RETURNS text AS
> 'ymd.so', 'dateserial'
> LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT
> COST 1;
>
> However, when I try to use it, the database segfaults:
>
> select dateserial( 2007, 1, 3 )
>
> Any ideas why?

The C function returns a DateADT, which is a typedef for int32, but the
CREATE FUNCTION statement claims that it returns 'text'.

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