Re: arrays as input parameter for c functions - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Alexaki Sofia
Subject Re: arrays as input parameter for c functions
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Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.33.0207121726390.28885-100000@ourania.ics.forth.gr
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In response to Re: arrays as input parameter for c functions  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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thank you for your answer.

Could you tell me how such a function is it called?

Let's say that the function is test(text[])
how can I call this function from a sql command, i.e., what
will be teh value of the input parameters?

select test(?????????)

Sofia

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Tom Lane wrote:

> Alexaki Sofia <alexaki@ics.forth.gr> writes:
> > I want to add a c function in PostgreSQL (7.2.1)
> > Is it possible the input parametrs othe function to be
> > arrays of text (i.e., text *temp[10])?
>
> You can certainly make the function take a "text[]", but it's not
> going to be spoon-fed to you as a C array; you'll need to break down
> the array value yourself.  See deconstruct_array.  (The aggregate
> support functions for numeric avg/stddev/etc might be useful examples
> of interpreting and constructing arrays of varlena datums.)
>
>             regards, tom lane
>



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