Re: function with array parameter

[Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>]

> On 11/9/06, Jean-Christophe Roux <jcxxr(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have a function that I would like to call from a php script:
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION a_dummy(arr_in text[])
> >   RETURNS text AS
> > $BODY$
> > declare
> > begin
> >     return arr_in[1];
> > end;
> > $BODY$
> >   LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;
> >
> > and the php code would be something like that
> > $arr;
> > $arr[0] = "one";
> > $arr[1] = 'two';
> > $query = "select func_a_dummy($arr)";
> > $result = pg_query($query);
> > echo pg_fetch_result($result, 0, 0);


A PHP array doesn't translate to a PostgreSQL array.  You have to build up a 
string to pass to the function ( ie. '{"value1","value2"}' ) .

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