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Can I use subselect as a function parameter?

From
"Oliver Elphick"
Date:
I want to do this:

CREATE FUNCTION ean_checkdigit(bpchar, bpchar) RETURNS BOOLEAN     AS '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/funcs.so' LANGUAGE 'C';

CREATE TABLE product (  id                   CHAR(10)     PRIMARY KEY,  brand                CHAR(12)     REFERENCES
brandname(id)                                              ON UPDATE CASCADE
  ON DELETE NO ACTION,  eancode              CHAR(6)      CHECK (eancode IS NULL
OReancode ~ '[0-9]{6}'), ...,
 
  CONSTRAINT ean CHECK (      CASE WHEN eancode IS NULL OR brand IS NULL        THEN 't'        ELSE ean_checkdigit(
           (SELECT ean_prefix                    FROM brandname, product                    WHERE brandname.id =
product.brand               ), eancode)      END  )
 
);

The parser accepts it, but when it is run on a line that matches the ELSE in the constraint, I get:

copy product from '/usr1/avoca/dumps/dbdump.product'
ERROR:  copy: line 2, ExecEvalExpr: unknown expression type 108


Can this be made to work at all (in 7.0.2)?

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Re: Can I use subselect as a function parameter?

From
Philip Warner
Date:
At 14:42 11/10/00 +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
>
>   CONSTRAINT ean CHECK (
>       CASE WHEN eancode IS NULL OR brand IS NULL
>         THEN 't'
>         ELSE ean_checkdigit(
>                 (SELECT ean_prefix
>                     FROM brandname, product
>                     WHERE brandname.id = product.brand
>                 ), eancode)
>       END
>   )
>);
>
>
>Can this be made to work at all (in 7.0.2)?
>

The short answer is that subselect in CHECK is not currently supported, and
is not planned for 7.1.

There was a thread about subselect in CHECK not so long ago (see 'checking
number of entries' on or around the 29/9). There was apparently also an
earlier discussion in which the meaning were not deemed to be clear. I
think the most recent discussion at least resolved the meaning, but not the
locking issues.


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Re: Can I use subselect as a function parameter?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> writes:
> The short answer is that subselect in CHECK is not currently supported, and
> is not planned for 7.1.

We should, however, try to make 7.1 deliver a more helpful error message
;-).  I've put a note about it on my todo list.
        regards, tom lane