Rushabh Lathia wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Testcase: (8.4 CVS head)
> ====================
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(y int)
> RETURNS INTEGER AS $$
> select 100;
> $$ language sql;
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(y int, x integer DEFAULT 100)
> RETURNS INTEGER AS $$
> select 200;
> $$ language sql;
>
> select myfunc(10);
>
> myfunc
> ----------
> 100
> (1 row)
>
> When create the same function again by added one default value, while
> calling the function old function getting called.
>
> It seems that, function with defval not making any sense, if we want to
> call the new function then we need to pass defval as well.
Hmm, good point, but I'm not sure that replacing the old function is
always right. For example, someone recently requested being able to say
select myfunc(10, DEFAULT);
so there would be some value to having both variants.
Do you have any comparisons with other systems (Oracle?) or other
programming languages?
