BUG #3725: plsql does not report unknown functions at compile time - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Roger
Subject BUG #3725: plsql does not report unknown functions at compile time
Date
Msg-id 200711061650.lA6GoWb1022629@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: BUG #3725: plsql does not report unknown functions at compile time  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      3725
Logged by:          Roger
Email address:      ramoloney@hotmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 8.3 beta 2
Operating system:   Windows/Linux
Description:        plsql does not report unknown functions at compile time
Details:

Hi,

At compile time, plpgsql does not report unknown functions. For example, if
I have a function.
  p_Func(a,b,c)
and I have calls to it such as:
  p_Func(a)
  p_Func(a,b)
these are not reported at compile time. They are only found at run time.

I cannot stress (I've reported this now 3 times and got no reply) the
importance of this. Surely, you must realize that it is not feasible to test
all execution paths for a large plsql project.

thanks,
Roger

[
PS: I would also love to see functions allowing DEFAULT  parameters as
exists in many other database systems. I know we have polymorphic functions
but this to my mind is not as useful. Take the example where a function has
16 parameters. The polymorphic alternative is to define 16 functions. That
is nasty.
]

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