Re: Dollar Quoting doc patch--resend. - Mailing list pgsql-patches
From | Neil Conway |
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Subject | Re: Dollar Quoting doc patch--resend. |
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Msg-id | 0CA8D7E7-9E66-11D8-9D77-000A95AB279E@samurai.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Dollar Quoting doc patch--resend. (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>) |
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Re: Dollar Quoting doc patch--resend.
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List | pgsql-patches |
On 5-May-04, at 2:26 AM, David Fetter wrote: > Here it is :) Looks good for the most part. A few minor quibbles / suggestions: - Where an example uses double-quotes in a function body, we ought to change the example to use dollar quoting -- but if no doubled-quotes are used, I think it's better to just stick with single quotes. You've needlessly converted a few function bodies to use dollar quotes in violation of this principle -- please revert them - Can you flesh out the syntax.sgml modifications? e.g. The term "dollar quoting", or what example a "dollar quote" consists of, is never defined. You might want to add a new subsection to allow <xref>s from elsewhere (and add some <xref>s, too) - Adding a reference to dollar quoting in the CREATE FUNCTION ref page would be a good idea - You also ought to update xfunc.sgml (circa line 105 at least) - Specific comments: *** doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml 14 Dec 2003 00:10:32 -0000 2.22 --- doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml 27 Apr 2004 21:10:23 -0000 *************** *** 47,53 **** To create a function in the PL/Perl language, use the standard syntax: <programlisting> ! CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable>funcname</replaceable> (<replaceable>argument-types</replaceable>) RETURNS <replaceable>return-type</replaceable> AS ' # PL/Perl function body ! ' LANGUAGE plperl; </programlisting> The body of the function is ordinary Perl code. --- 47,54 ---- To create a function in the PL/Perl language, use the standard syntax: <programlisting> ! CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable>funcname</replaceable> ! (<replaceable>argument-types</replaceable>) RETURNS <replaceable>return-type</replaceable> AS $dollar_quote$ # PL/Perl function body ! $dollar_quote$ LANGUAGE plperl; </programlisting> The body of the function is ordinary Perl code. If you're going to make this change, you ought similar changes to other CREATE FUNCTION syntax definitions (e.g. the CREATE FUNCTION reference page) for consistency. Not sure if it's the right thing to do to begin with, though... *** doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml 26 Mar 2004 03:18:28 -0000 1.37 --- doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml 27 Apr 2004 21:10:24 -0000 *************** *** 979,982 **** --- 983,991 ---- <para> + You <emphasis>were</emphasis> using dollar quoting to make the + function body, weren't you? + </para> + + <para> To test for whether a record/row result is null, you can use the <literal>IS NULL</literal> conditional. There is, however, no This ought to be phrased less colloquially. *************** *** 2654,2671 **** v_path := NULL; v_query := NULL; ! a_pos1 := instr(v_url, '//'); IF a_pos1 = 0 THEN RETURN; END IF; ! a_pos2 := instr(v_url, '/', a_pos1 + 2); IF a_pos2 = 0 THEN v_host := substr(v_url, a_pos1 + 2); ! v_path := '/'; RETURN; END IF; v_host := substr(v_url, a_pos1 + 2, a_pos2 - a_pos1 - 2); ! a_pos1 := instr(v_url, '?', a_pos2 + 1); IF a_pos1 = 0 THEN --- 2698,2715 ---- v_path := NULL; v_query := NULL; ! a_pos1 := instr(v_url, ''//''); IF a_pos1 = 0 THEN RETURN; END IF; ! a_pos2 := instr(v_url, ''/'', a_pos1 + 2); IF a_pos2 = 0 THEN v_host := substr(v_url, a_pos1 + 2); ! v_path := ''/''; RETURN; END IF; v_host := substr(v_url, a_pos1 + 2, a_pos2 - a_pos1 - 2); ! a_pos1 := instr(v_url, ''?'', a_pos2 + 1); IF a_pos1 = 0 THEN That's an Oracle example function, so I think the existing use of quotes is fine. -Neil
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