Re: PL/C functions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: PL/C functions
Date
Msg-id 3F395B7B.5010207@joeconway.com
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In response to Re: PL/C functions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: PL/C functions  (Dennis Gearon <gearond@cvc.net>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 1. There is no provision for a single pg_proc entry to have a variable
> number of arguments.
>
> 2. You can make multiple pg_proc entries referencing the same C
> function.  The C function can find out how many arguments it was
> actually passed (use PG_NARGS()).
>
> So you could make several different pg_proc entries and get the desired
> effect, at some tedium.
>
> Joe Conway has posted a few examples using this approach, IIRC.
>

See contrib/dblink in 7.4beta -- there are several functions using this
method, e.g. dblink_connect().

Joe


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