From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Clint Stotesbery <cstotes@hotmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: converting an oracle procedure to postgres
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:28:24 -0700
Message-ID: <200310201428.24871.josh@agliodbs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY9-F31GnRtU4RFuiP0001795c@hotmail.com>
References: <BAY9-F31GnRtU4RFuiP0001795c@hotmail.com>
Clint,
> v_taxstatus varchar(1);
> v_shipping varchar(12);
Drop the varchar limits, it's not supported inside PL/pgSQL.
> I know I have to relpace the word PROCEDURE with FUNCTION but then it wants
> me to put RETURNS <datatype> but I don't want to return anything. I was
> thinking that I could just have it return integer and then after the last
> update statement put return 0. I'd rather not have it return a junk value
> though. What should I do?
I generally return integer or boolean for such functions. For example, you
can have it return "TRUE" at the end, and then your client code can interpret
any non-true result (Error message, null) as an error.
--
-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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