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From Jeff Eckermann
Subject Help with SQL Function
Date
Msg-id 200101041115.LAA28896@akira.eckermann.com
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Responses Re: Help with SQL Function  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I sent this message yesterday, but it doesn't appear to have made it to the list.
Apologies to anyone who receives it twice.

I'm falling at the first hurdle.  Can someone tell me how to pass an attribute value into a function, as I'm trying to
dobelow?  I've studied the docs every which way, but can't seem to find the cause of my problem. 
Thanks in advance for ignorance relief.

extracts=# create function testfunc(text) returns int4 as '
extracts'# select count (*) from dedcolo where equip_type = ''$1''    --- That's doubled single quotes
extracts'# ' language 'sql';
CREATE
extracts=# select testfunc('Dialup');
 testfunc
----------
        0
(1 row)
extracts=# create function testfunc() returns int4 as '
extracts'# select count (*) from dedcolo where equip_type = ''Dialup''   --- Doubled single quotes, again
extracts'# ' language 'sql';
CREATE
extracts=# select testfunc();
 testfunc
----------
     3453
(1 row)

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