X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0796D1C91E for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 14:40:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 38429-05 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:39:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05219D1C4E3 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:40:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h76EebSa018362; Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:40:37 -0400 (EDT) To: Martin Brommer Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Using rowtype as function argument In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.2.20030806111628.00ba12f0@192.168.0.1> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030806111628.00ba12f0@192.168.0.1> Comments: In-reply-to Martin Brommer message dated "Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:23:40 +0200" Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:40:37 -0400 Message-ID: <18361.1060180837@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200308/52 X-Sequence-Number: 14668 Martin Brommer writes: > How do I call a function that takes a rowtype for an argument as in: > CREATE FUNCTION myfunc(mytablename) RETURNS INT AS ' SELECT myfunc(mytablename.*) FROM mytablename; This also works at the moment, but seems less clear to me: SELECT myfunc(mytablename) FROM mytablename; regards, tom lane