Re: Need help with INOUT mis-understanding - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Troy
Subject Re: Need help with INOUT mis-understanding
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Msg-id 1130382787.735878.10270@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
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In response to Re: Need help with INOUT mis-understanding  (Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com>)
Responses Re: Need help with INOUT mis-understanding
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Tom's right, As in the first message of this thread kindof shows;
func2(INOUT) adds the var_1 to itself and ouputs back to func1 as the
updated value.
  NOTICE:  var_1 starts as 5
  NOTICE:  var_1 in func2 is 10
  CONTEXT:  PL/pgSQL function "func1" line 7 at assignment
  NOTICE:  var_X Now is (10,5) --var_1 was 1st returned var

So INOUTS "work" the way Tom says in PG8.1beta3 WIN XP
The part I was confused about was that I thought that the value would
then be modified in func1 (by func2) since it was returned using INOUT
but Tom set me strait - INOUTS are nice 'shorthand'. (I waisted a lot
of time not knowing this.)
Thanks

P.S. - Tom if the return of func2 = var_X = (10,5) how can I parse the
varible out like:
var_Y = var_X[1] -- first ARRAY item
to get var_Y = 10?

Troy H


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