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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Ian Harding <ianh@tpchd.org>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Rules/Trigges Trade-offs
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:40:09 -0800
Message-ID: <200212091240.09199.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <sdf48ddc.052@mail.tpchd.org>
References: <sdf48ddc.052@mail.tpchd.org>

Ian,

You're welcome.  Replying to the list for the edification of other users.

-Josh

> I just figgered it out.  I declared the function as 
> 
> create function some_func(test) returns int ...
> 
> where test is the name of a table.  The values are passed as a tcl array.  I 
will see if RECORD works too.  I wonder if that would eliminate the problem I 
ran into where I had dropped and recreated the table.  The function barfed 
since the OID for the user defined type "test" did not exist.
> 
> This will work slick.  Thanks!
> 
> >>> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> 12/09/02 12:29PM >>>
> Ian,
> 
> > That makes sense!  Is that psuedo code, or is there a way to send a 
function 
> the entire NEW array without specifying each column name and datatype 
> specifically.
> > 
> > I am using pltcl, if that matters..
> 
> Not sure about pltcl.   I'd say, try it, declare the function as:
> 
> CREATE FUNCTION some_func (RECORD) and see how things go.
> 
> -- 
> -Josh Berkus
> 
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> 
> 

-- 
-Josh Berkus

______AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS___________________________
                                        Josh Berkus
   Complete information technology 	josh@agliodbs.com
    and data management solutions 	(415) 565-7293
   for law firms, small businesses 	 fax 621-2533
    and non-profit organizations. 	San Francisco




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