Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs
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Msg-id 15510.1059023238@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs  (elein <elein@varlena.com>)
Responses Re: obtuse plpgsql function needs  (elein <elein@varlena.com>)
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elein <elein@varlena.com> writes:
> So, other than C, plperl or pltcl is the way to go.
> As long as they can input generic composite types
> (I wasn't sure of that, but I should have known), 

Come to think of it, that is a problem: we don't have any way to declare
a function as taking "any tuple type".  So even though pltcl or plperl
functions could be written to work with such input, we can't declare them.
This is a problem even for C functions.  You could declare a C function
as taking "any", but then you can't even check that what you got was a
tuple ...

Something to work on for 7.5, I suppose.
        regards, tom lane


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