From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Daniel CAUNE <d.caune@free.fr>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Function with default value?
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:47:57 -0500
Message-ID: <1793.1138549677@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Daniel CAUNE <d.caune@free.fr> writes:
> Is it possible to define a function with some default values?
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(i IN int, j IN int DEFAULT := 1)
No. But you can fake many versions of this with a family of functions:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(i IN int, j IN int) ...
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION foo(i IN int) ... return foo(i, 1) ...
Remember that PG lets you "overload" a function name by using the same
name with different parameter lists.
regards, tom lane
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