提交 7d1d7200 编写于 作者: B Bruce Momjian

Minor doc patch: create function

Gavin Sherry
上级 ee303739
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<refentry id="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">
......@@ -66,18 +66,22 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
<listitem>
<para>
The data type(s) of the function's arguments, if any. The
input types may be base, complex, or domain types,
or the same as the type of an existing column.
The type of a column is referenced by writing <replaceable
class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>.<replaceable
class="parameter">columnname</replaceable><literal>%TYPE</literal>;
using this can sometimes help make a function independent from
changes to the definition of a table.
Depending on the implementation language it may also be allowed
to specify <quote>pseudo-types</> such as <type>cstring</>.
Pseudo-types indicate that the actual argument type is either
incompletely specified, or outside the set of ordinary SQL data types.
The data type(s) of the function's arguments (optionally
schema-qualified), if any. The input types may be base, complex, or
domain types, or the same as the type of an existing column.
</para>
<para>
The type of a column is referenced by writing <replaceable
class="parameter">tablename</replaceable>.<replaceable
class="parameter">columnname</replaceable><literal>%TYPE</literal>;
using this can sometimes help make a function independent from
changes to the definition of a table.
</para>
<para>
Depending on the implementation language it may also be allowed
to specify <quote>pseudo-types</> such as <type>cstring</>.
Pseudo-types indicate that the actual argument type is either
incompletely specified, or outside the set of ordinary SQL data types.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
......@@ -87,9 +91,13 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
<listitem>
<para>
The return data type. The return type may be specified as a
base, complex, or domain type, or the same as the type of an
existing column.
The return data type (optionally schema-qualified). The return type
may be specified as a base, complex, domain type
or the same as the type of an existing column. See the description
under <literal>argtype</literal> above on how to reference the type
of an existing column.
</para>
<para>
Depending on the implementation language it may also be allowed
to specify <quote>pseudo-types</> such as <type>cstring</>.
The <literal>setof</literal>
......@@ -432,13 +440,13 @@ CREATE FUNCTION point(complex) RETURNS point
<programlisting>
Point * complex_to_point (Complex *z)
{
Point *p;
Point *p;
p = (Point *) palloc(sizeof(Point));
p->x = z->x;
p->y = z->y;
return p;
p = (Point *) palloc(sizeof(Point));
p->x = z->x;
p->y = z->y;
return p;
}
</programlisting>
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