Обсуждение: stored procedures in postgresql user plpgsql

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 01:37:42PM -0500, RobertD.Stewart@ky.gov wrote:

> I have tried to create a simple function to select data from a table.  Could
> you all please correct me

It would be helpful if you told us what you want to happen and what
actually does happen.  Without that information we have to guess
at your intentions.

>   CREATE FUNCTION retrive_atype(varchar) RETURNS varchar AS '
>         BEGIN
>             RETURN select username from masteraccount where atype=$1;
>         END;
>     ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> 
> To call the function I used 
> 
> Select retrive_atype();

You've defined the function to take a VARCHAR argument but you
called it without an argument.  Also, you've defined it to return
a single VARCHAR value, but if the query could return multiple
values then the function should return SETOF VARCHAR.  Maybe this
is closer to what you need:

CREATE FUNCTION retrive_atype(VARCHAR) RETURNS SETOF VARCHAR AS '
DECLARE   rec  RECORD;
BEGIN   FOR rec IN SELECT username FROM masteraccount WHERE atype = $1 LOOP       RETURN NEXT rec.username;   END
LOOP;
   RETURN;
END;
' LANGUAGE plpgsql;

You'd call the function like this:

SELECT * FROM retrive_atype('some-atype-value');

If that's not what you're looking for then please provide more details.

BTW, is "retrive" supposed to be "retrieve"?

-- 
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 10:12:59PM -0500, RobertD.Stewart@ky.gov wrote:
> Thanks for the help
> 
> That is what I needed
> 
> Do you have any examples of insert statements for multiple variable
> 
> I'm trying to create a web page that would call these functions

See the documentation for the INSERT statement:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/sql-insert.html

If you're having trouble with something, then please describe what
you're trying to do and the difficulties you're having.  It's helpful
if you post the SQL statements you're executing along with a description
of what you want to happen and what actually does happen.  For the
latter, including the output from a psql session can be useful.

-- 
Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/