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From: skinner@britvault.co.uk
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Function args: TEXT -vs- VARCHAR?
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 18:04:36 +0000
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On 2013-11-13 Wed 12:51 PM |, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> The full SQL type syntax is allowed for declaring a function's arguments
> and return value.  However, parenthesized type modifiers (e.g., the
> precision field for type numeric) are discarded by CREATE FUNCTION.  Thus
> for example "CREATE FUNCTION foo (varchar(10)) ..." is exactly the same as
> "CREATE FUNCTION foo (varchar) ...".
> 

That note would be clear to this user.

Thanks,
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Craig Skinner | http://twitter.com/Craig_Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7


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