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Subject: fail to compare between bytea output in plpgsql
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:24:57 -0500
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Thread-Topic: fail to compare between bytea output in plpgsql
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From: "Peter Wang" <pwang@voyence.com>
To: <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>


I have a function and am using cursor. All the columns I select in the curs=
or clause are BYTEA datatype.

I need to compare the after-fetch-value for two BYTEA columns which is temp=
2 and temp3 shown as below.=20
I don't think I can compare it because there is no record in temp table whi=
ch I use for debug purpose.

Does anyone  know how to compare the after-fetched-value for two BYTEA data=
type in pgsql's function?=20


CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pa_revision(INT4, INT4)
RETURNS INTEGER AS '
DECLARE
i_ages ALIAS FOR $1;
i_devs ALIAS FOR $2;

cur1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT a.device_id, a.baseline_revision_id, b.revision_id, b.operational_de=
vice_id  <<--------- All BYTEA datatype
FROM cm_device a, cm_revision b
WHERE a.device_id =3D b.operational_device_id
AND current_date - b.creation_date > i_ages;

temp1 cm_device.device_id%TYPE;
temp2 cm_device.baseline_revision_id%TYPE;
temp3 cm_revision.revision_id%TYPE;
temp4 cm_revision.operational_device_id%TYPE;
temp5 INT4;
BEGIN
OPEN cur1;
LOOP
    FETCH cur1 INTO temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4;
    IF NOT FOUND
    THEN
        RETURN 1;
    END IF;

IF temp2 <> temp3 THEN   <<-------------------------------- How can I compa=
re the value of BYTEA datatype ?
    SELECT count(*)
    INTO temp5
    FROM cm_revision
    WHERE operational_device_id =3D temp4;

 insert into temp values (temp5);
    .........
    END IF;
END IF;

END LOOP;
CLOSE cur1;
RETURN 0;
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';