Re: Is this the wrong list?

You'd probably be better off in pgsql-sql@postgresql.org. Also look
under the programmers documention for the interfaces (Specific interface
questions should probably go to pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org) There
are ways to functions in Sql, PL/PgSQL, TCL etc. etc. It all depends on
what you need to do.

Here is a quick example on writing an sql procedure with parameters:

(create table and add some data)

CREATE FUNCTION get_user_age(int4) RETURNS int4
    AS 'select user_age from user_tbl where user_id = $1' LANGUAGE
'sql';

select get_user_age(2);
 get_user_age
--------------
           13
(1 row)

Chris Ryan

Andreas Tille wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, I wrote under the subject "Any SQL-functions examples
> available":
>
> > I tried to write my first SQL-functions with the intention to
> > port some stored procedures from MS SQL server.  It would make my
> > task much simpler if someone could point me to some simple
> > examples which demonstate the use of function parameters in
> > SELECT/INSERT statements and how to get the results transformed
> > into reasonable return types, for instance if SELECT was successful
> > return true else false, etc.
> Is there any other list where I could expect answers to those simple
> questions.  I could not imagine that nobody has ever written some
> simple tests with SQL functions.  Perhaps this problem is to simple
> here.
>
> Or may be I have the wrong philosophy and those functions are not
> ment to be used in PostgreSQL?
>
> Kind regards
>
>         Andreas.