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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.356 2005/08/24 16:47:00 momjian Exp $ |
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.357 2005/08/24 18:26:36 tgl Exp $ |
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<appendix id="release"> |
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<listitem> |
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<para> |
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Allow SQL, plperl, PL/PgSQL functions to use <command>OUT</> and |
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Allow SQL and PL/PgSQL functions to use <command>OUT</> and |
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<command>INOUT</> parameters (Tom) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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<command>OUT</> is an alternate way for a function to return |
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values. Instead of using <command>RETURNS</>, the function's |
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parameters can be specified as <command>OUT</> or |
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<command>INOUT</>, allowing multiple values to be returned by |
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the function. While returning multiple values from a function |
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values. Instead of using <command>RETURN</>, values can be |
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returned by assigning to parameters declared as <command>OUT</> or |
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<command>INOUT</>. This is notationally simpler in some cases, |
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particularly so when multiple values need to be returned. |
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While returning multiple values from a function |
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was possible in previous releases, this greatly simplifies the |
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process. |
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process. (The feature will be extended to other PLs in due course.) |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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Move language handlers into the pg_catalog schema |
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</para> |
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</para> |
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<para> |
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This makes it possible to dump installed languages and makes it |
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easier to drop the public schema. |
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This makes it easier to drop the public schema if desired. |
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</para> |
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</listitem> |
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