diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml new file mode 100644 index 7064312..cc6f3a1 *** a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml --- b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml *************** SELECT getname(new_emp()); *** 538,556 **** CREATE FUNCTION tf1 (acct_no integer, debit numeric) RETURNS numeric AS $$ UPDATE bank ! SET balance = balance - $2 ! WHERE accountno = $1 RETURNING balance; $$ LANGUAGE SQL; Here the first parameter has been given the name acct_no, and the second parameter the name debit. ! So far as the SQL function itself is concerned, these names are just ! decoration; you must still refer to the parameters as $1, ! $2, etc within the function body. (Some procedural ! languages let you use the parameter names instead.) However, ! attaching names to the parameters is useful for documentation purposes. When a function has many parameters, it is also useful to use the names while calling the function, as described in . --- 538,555 ---- CREATE FUNCTION tf1 (acct_no integer, debit numeric) RETURNS numeric AS $$ UPDATE bank ! SET balance = balance - debit ! WHERE accountno = acct_no RETURNING balance; $$ LANGUAGE SQL; Here the first parameter has been given the name acct_no, and the second parameter the name debit. ! Named parameters can still be referenced as ! $n; in this example, the second ! parameter can be referenced as $2, debit, ! or tf2.debit. When a function has many parameters, it is also useful to use the names while calling the function, as described in .