Instaltiating an ARRAY within a function

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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION arr( inout x varchar[] )
AS
$Z$
DECLARE
i integer;
BEGIN
select ARRAY['Danny','Eissam','Moshe'] into x;
end;
$Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION callarr()
returns integer
AS
$Z$
DECLARE
x varchar[6];
BEGIN
perform arr(x);
RAISE NOTICE 'x[1]=%',x[1];
return 0;
end;
$Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

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select callarr();
NOTICE: x[1]=<NULL> ??? Should have been DANNY

Should it work?

Thanks

Danny

Hello

problem is elsewhere. PostgreSQL doesn't support by ref variables. In
your sample you have to do:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION callarr()
returns integer
AS
$Z$
DECLARE
x varchar[6];
BEGIN
x := arr(x); <-------!!!!!!!!!
RAISE NOTICE 'x[1]=%',x[1];
return 0;
end;
$Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

Pavel

On 12/12/2007, Abraham, Danny <danny_abraham(at)bmc(dot)com> wrote:
> ===========================================
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION arr( inout x varchar[] )
> AS
> $Z$
> DECLARE
> i integer;
> BEGIN
> select ARRAY['Danny','Eissam','Moshe'] into x;
> end;
> $Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> ===========================================
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION callarr()
> returns integer
> AS
> $Z$
> DECLARE
> x varchar[6];
> BEGIN
> perform arr(x);
> RAISE NOTICE 'x[1]=%',x[1];
> return 0;
> end;
> $Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> ===========================================
>
> select callarr();
> NOTICE: x[1]=<NULL> ??? Should have been DANNY
>
>
> Should it work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Danny
>
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>

Danny Abraham wrote:
> ===========================================
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION arr( inout x varchar[] )
> AS
> $Z$
> DECLARE
> i integer;
> BEGIN
> select ARRAY['Danny','Eissam','Moshe'] into x;
> end;
> $Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> ===========================================
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION callarr()
> returns integer
> AS
> $Z$
> DECLARE
> x varchar[6];
> BEGIN
> perform arr(x);
> RAISE NOTICE 'x[1]=%',x[1];
> return 0;
> end;
> $Z$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
>
> ===========================================
>
> select callarr();
> NOTICE: x[1]=<NULL> ??? Should have been DANNY
>
>
> Should it work?

Not the way you wrote it.
You are confused by output parameters which do not work the way one
might expect. They are just a simple syntax for composite return types.

CREATE FUNCTION arr(INOUT x varchar[])
is synonymous to
CREATE FUNCTION arr(x varchar[]) RETURNS varchar[]

So your example should work if you replace

PERFORM arr(x);
with
x := arr(x);

Yours,
Laurenz Albe