Re: PL/pgSQL: Incomplete item Allow handling of %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang(at)yeah(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL: Incomplete item Allow handling of %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]
Date: 2023-11-20 09:33:00
Message-ID: CAFj8pRCZhkeu5NMNpZY3zO1Wd-asZ3dZPEBWsZJUUu4Ypnj3Ww@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

út 17. 10. 2023 v 3:20 odesílatel Quan Zongliang <quanzongliang(at)yeah(dot)net>
napsal:

>
> Attached new patch
> More explicit error messages based on type.
>
>
> On 2023/10/16 18:15, Quan Zongliang wrote:
> >
> >
> > Implement TODO item:
> > PL/pgSQL
> > Incomplete item Allow handling of %TYPE arrays, e.g. tab.col%TYPE[]
> >
> > As a first step, deal only with [], such as
> > xxx.yyy%TYPE[]
> > xxx%TYPE[]
> >
> > It can be extended to support multi-dimensional and complex syntax in
> > the future.
> >
>

I did some deeper check:

- I don't like too much parser's modification (I am sending alternative own
implementation) - the SQL parser allows richer syntax, and for full
functionality is only few lines more

- original patch doesn't solve %ROWTYPE

(2023-11-20 10:04:36) postgres=# select * from foo;
┌────┬────┐
│ a │ b │
╞════╪════╡
│ 10 │ 20 │
│ 30 │ 40 │
└────┴────┘
(2 rows)

(2023-11-20 10:08:29) postgres=# do $$
declare v foo%rowtype[];
begin
v := array(select row(a,b) from foo);
raise notice '%', v;
end;
$$;
NOTICE: {"(10,20)","(30,40)"}
DO

- original patch doesn't solve type RECORD
the error message should be more intuitive, although the arrays of record
type can be supported, but it probably needs bigger research.

(2023-11-20 10:10:34) postgres=# do $$
declare r record; v r%type[];
begin
v := array(select row(a,b) from foo);
raise notice '%', v;
end;
$$;
ERROR: syntax error at or near "%"
LINE 2: declare r record; v r%type[];
^
CONTEXT: invalid type name "r%type[]"

- missing documentation

- I don't like using the word "partitioned" in the regress test name
"partitioned_table". It is confusing

Regards

Pavel

> >
> > --
> > Quan Zongliang

Attachment Content-Type Size
plpgsql-parser-reftype-array.patch text/x-patch 4.0 KB

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