Re: pgplsql - Oracle nvl

If you want to keep the same functions just do as follows

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION nvl(TEXT,TEXT) RETURNS TEXT AS '
BEGIN
RETURN COALESCE($1,$2);
END;' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

You will have to do this for all supported data types unless you want to
put in a third parameter that would be the cast type

HTH

Darren

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Christian Traber wrote:

> I know this functions, but I do not want to change the statements in my
> old application.
> So I want to make the functions with the Oracle names for compatibility.
>
> Best regards,
> Christian
>
> Csaba Nagy wrote:
>
> >You don't need to build any function for this, you have them ready:
> >http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=0&file=functions-conditional.html#AEN9753
> >http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=0&file=functions-conditional.html#AEN9698
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Csaba.
> >
> >On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:58, Christian Traber wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'll try to switch from Oracle to postgres for some small applications.
> >>Is it possible to build functions like Oracle's nvl or decode with pgplsql?
> >>How can I make a function like nvl that works for every datatype?
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Christian
> >>
> >>
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