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@ 2010-08-03 14:38 Viktor Bojović <viktor.bojovic@gmail.com>
2010-08-03 14:48 ` Re: aggregate function Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Viktor Bojović @ 2010-08-03 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
I am trying to make aggregate function of existing function which looks like
this.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "grafika"."pov_sphere" (x numeric, y numeric, z
numeric, rad numeric, pigment varchar) RETURNS varchar AS
$body$
DECLARE
_pov varchar;
BEGIN
_pov:='sphere {<'||x||','||y||','||z||'>,'||rad||' '||pigment ||'}';
return _pov;
END;
$body$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
IMMUTABLE
RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT
SECURITY INVOKER
COST 100;
Aggregate should concatenate results of pov_sphere using this function
below.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "public"."concat" (varchar, varchar) RETURNS
varchar AS
$body$
DECLARE
t varchar;
BEGIN
IF character_length($1) > 0 THEN
t = $1 || $2;
ELSE
t = $2;
END IF;
RETURN t;
END;
$body$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'
VOLATILE
CALLED ON NULL INPUT
SECURITY INVOKER
COST 100;
I tried to write this part below, but something is wrong (ERROR: function
grafika.pov_sphere(character varying, numeric, numeric, numeric, numeric,
character varying) does not exist) so I wanted to ask if someone knows how
to solve this problem.
CREATE AGGREGATE "grafika"."agg_pov_sphere" (NUMERIC, NUMERIC, NUMERIC,
NUMERIC, VARCHAR) (
SFUNC = "grafika"."pov_sphere",
STYPE = "varchar",
FINALFUNC = "public"."grp_concat"
);
Thanx in advance.
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Viktor Bojović
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Wherever I go, Murphy goes with me
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* Re: aggregate function
2010-08-03 14:38 aggregate function Viktor Bojović <viktor.bojovic@gmail.com>
@ 2010-08-03 14:48 ` Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2010-08-03 14:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Viktor Bojović <viktor.bojovic@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
=?UTF-8?Q?Viktor_Bojovi=C4=87?= <viktor.bojovic@gmail.com> writes:
> I tried to write this part below, but something is wrong (ERROR: function
> grafika.pov_sphere(character varying, numeric, numeric, numeric, numeric,
> character varying) does not exist) so I wanted to ask if someone knows how
> to solve this problem.
Well, it's right: you didn't create such a function. The aggregate
transition function has to take the state datatype as its first
argument. You can't just plug these two randomly-chosen functions
into an aggregate definition and expect the system to intuit what you
want done. I think what you actually need is a transition function
that works something like
if ($1 is null)
return agg_pov_sphere($2,$3,...);
else
return concat($1, agg_pov_sphere($2,$3,...));
regards, tom lane
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