Character escape in "CREATE FUNCTION ..." - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Shilong Stanley Yao
Subject Character escape in "CREATE FUNCTION ..."
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Msg-id 4055F80D.8060402@noao.edu
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Dear All,
I am trying to write a function in Postgresql, which takes 2 floats and
returns a box.  But seems the nested single-quote in the AS clause
prevent $1 and $2 from being expanded.  Besides writing a C function
instead of a SQL one, is there any way to solve this problem?

Thanks a lot.
-Stan

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION func_radec_to_box(float, float) RETURNS box
         AS 'SELECT box \'(($1, $2), (1.3, 1.4))\''
         LANGUAGE 'sql'
         WITH (ISCACHABLE);


Error message:
psql:func_radec_to_box.sql:4: ERROR:  Bad box external representation
'(($1, $2), (1.3, 1.4))'


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