Re: returning CHAR from C function

Joe,

Thank you for your confirmation.   It sounds like a bug to
me even with the work around.  I'll report it.

elein

On Saturday 30 November 2002 15:56, Joe Conway wrote:
> Joe Conway wrote:
> > instead of type 18 (==char), which is what you need (and intended). I'm
> > not sure what the proper way to define a function returning type char
> > is
>
> As a follow up, this works:
>
> create OR REPLACE function retchar(text)
> returns "char"
> as '$libdir/retchar.so'
> language 'c';
>
> The quotes must prevent the typename from being rewritten to bpchar.
>
> HTH,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
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