Re: returning CHAR from C function

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