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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:50:09 -0700
From: "Marcelo Edgardo Paniagua Lizarraga" <mpaniagua18@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: using string functions on plpgsql
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I'm starting to create my firsts plpgsql functions, and I was
wondering how to use the string function 'length' in the code of the
fuction. I have tried so far and I get an error. I'm trying this:

declare
    i integer;
begin
 ...

   i =  length(texto)

...

where texto is a varchar(200) I pass as a parameter to the function calling.

Any help will help.

Thanks!!!