Re: [HACKERS] NULL as an argument in plpgsql functions (fwd)

Excuse me for reposting,

I just want to be sure my original posting doesn't lost.
Is this a bug or feature ?
Also, it seems there is a  limitation to a number of arguments.

    Regards,
            Oleg

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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 15:26:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] NULL as an argument in plpgsql functions

> Hi,
>
> this select produces error message:
> test=> select test2(NULL);
> ERROR:  typeidTypeRelid: Invalid type - oid = 0
>

Not sure how to pass NULL's into functions.


> test2:
> CREATE FUNCTION test2 (int4) RETURNS int4 AS '
> Declare
>     keyval      Alias For $1;
>     cnt         int4;
> Begin
>   Update hits set count = count +1  where msg_id = keyval;
>   return cnt;
> End;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> When I do manually update
> Update hits set count = count +1  where msg_id = NULL;
> it works fine. What's the problem ?
>
>     Regards,
>
>         Oleg
>
>
> test=> \d hits
> Table    = hits
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> |              Field               |              Type                | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | msg_id                           | int4                             |     4 |
> | count                            | int4                             |     4 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> test=> select version();
> version
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 6.5.2 on i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1, compiled by gcc 2.95.1
> (1 row)
>
> _____________________________________________________________
> Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
> Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
> Internet: oleg@sai.msu.su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
> phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83
>
>
> ************
>


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