Re: Creating functions - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Creating functions
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Msg-id dcc563d10905061217k467949bbxe958a5e016914ea5@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Creating functions  (Félix Sánchez Rodríguez <fesanch@ciego.cult.cu>)
List pgsql-admin
2009/5/6 Félix Sánchez Rodríguez <fesanch@ciego.cult.cu>:
> Hi:
>
> I tried the code you gave me and it didn't work. I got this error:
> unterminated dollar-quoted string at or near "$$ insert into test(a)
> values($1);"

Yeah, I had an extra # in there.  should be:

# create table test (a int);
# create function addone(x int) returns int as $$
insert into test (a) values ($1); select $1;
$$ language sql;

> To be more specfic, I need to create a function to insert a given string
> into a text type field. I don't need to return anything. I'm also wondering
> if you could attach some documentation on this subject. I have troubles with
> the Internet account.

The docs are kind of big to include here.  I'll see what I can find
and send off list.

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