@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.24 2001/06/04 23:27:23 momjian Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.25 2001/08/13 21:34:51 petere Exp $
-->
-->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">
<refentry id="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">
@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.24 2001/06/04
CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
RETURNS <replaceable class="parameter">rettype</replaceable>
RETURNS <replaceable class="parameter">rettype</replaceable>
AS '<replaceable class="parameter">definition</replaceable>'
AS '<replaceable class="parameter">definition</replaceable>'
LANGUAGE '< replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable>'
LANGUAGE < replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable>
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">attribute</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">attribute</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceable class="parameter">argtype</replaceable> [, ...] ] )
RETURNS <replaceable class="parameter">rettype</replaceable>
RETURNS <replaceable class="parameter">rettype</replaceable>
AS '<replaceable class="parameter">obj_file</replaceable>', '<replaceable class="parameter">link_symbol</replaceable>'
AS '<replaceable class="parameter">obj_file</replaceable>', '<replaceable class="parameter">link_symbol</replaceable>'
LANGUAGE '< replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable>'
LANGUAGE < replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable>
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">attribute</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
[ WITH ( <replaceable class="parameter">attribute</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
</synopsis>
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@ -123,13 +123,14 @@ CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceab
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<para>
May be '<literal>sql</literal>', '<literal>C</literal>' ,
May be <literal>SQL</literal>, <literal>C</literal> ,
'< literal>internal</literal>' , or ' <replaceable
< literal>internal</literal>, or <replaceable
class="parameter">plname</replaceable>' , where ' <replaceable
class="parameter">plname</replaceable>, where <replaceable
class="parameter">plname</replaceable>' is the name of a
class="parameter">plname</replaceable> is the name of a
created procedural language. See
created procedural language. See
<xref linkend="sql-createlanguage">
<xref linkend="sql-createlanguage">
for details.
for details. For backward compatibility, the name may be
enclosed by single quotes.
</para>
</para>
</listitem>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</varlistentry>
@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceab
<programlisting>
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION one() RETURNS integer
CREATE FUNCTION one() RETURNS integer
AS 'SELECT 1 AS RESULT;'
AS 'SELECT 1 AS RESULT;'
LANGUAGE 'sql' ;
LANGUAGE SQL ;
SELECT one() AS answer;
SELECT one() AS answer;
<computeroutput>
<computeroutput>
@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ SELECT one() AS answer;
<programlisting>
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION ean_checkdigit(char, char) RETURNS boolean
CREATE FUNCTION ean_checkdigit(char, char) RETURNS boolean
AS '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/funcs.so' LANGUAGE 'c' ;
AS '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/funcs.so' LANGUAGE C ;
CREATE TABLE product (
CREATE TABLE product (
id char(8) PRIMARY KEY,
id char(8) PRIMARY KEY,
@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ CREATE TABLE product (
<programlisting>
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION point(complex) RETURNS point
CREATE FUNCTION point(complex) RETURNS point
AS '/home/bernie/pgsql/lib/complex.so', 'complex_to_point'
AS '/home/bernie/pgsql/lib/complex.so', 'complex_to_point'
LANGUAGE 'c' ;
LANGUAGE C ;
</programlisting>
</programlisting>
The C declaration of the function could be:
The C declaration of the function could be: