From: "Jim Buttafuoco" <jim@contactbda.com>
To: "Rommel the iCeMAn" <icecrew@gmail.com>,
	"PostgreSQL SQL Mailing List" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Reply-To: jim@contactbda.com
Subject: Re: Problems Testing User-Defined Function
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:45:23 -0400
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You will have to use the "CALLED ON NULL INPUT" option to "create function" (Postgresql 8.1, I don't know about other 
versions) if you expect NULL arguments.

Jim


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From: "Rommel the iCeMAn" <icecrew@gmail.com>
To: "PostgreSQL SQL Mailing List" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:01:26 -0400
Subject: [SQL] Problems Testing User-Defined Function

> Hi list,
> 
> I'm a newbie and I have a problem. I've defined the following function using
> pgAdmin but I am clueless as to how I can test it. I will eventually be
> calling this function from a .NET application but I want to test it using
> raw SQL first. Here's the function definition:
> 
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sp_insert_manifest(_sender varchar(255), 
>            _sender_email varchar(255), 
>            _reply_to varchar(255), 
>            _filename varchar(255), 
>            _file oid,
>            _datetime_sent timestamp) RETURNS integer AS $$
> 
> -- blah blah --
> 
> $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
> 
> I am trying to pass the following values to the function but I have been so
> far unsuccessful.
> 
> SELECT sp_insert_manifest('me', me@you.com', 'me@you.com', 'test.txt', NULL,
> '2006/06/09')
> 
> Can anyone help me here?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rommel the iCeMAn.
> 
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