Patch applied for 9.0. We don't normally backpatch such documentation improvements unless we receive multiple reports of confusion.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexey Klyukin wrote: > Hello, > > We were asked by Enova Financial to improve the documentation of PL/Perl > database access functions. > Alvaro and me worked on that and we produced the patch that is attached. It > splits initial block of functions > into the groups with the description directly following each of the group, > corrects couple of mistakes and > adds an example. > > One of the existing mistakes was confusion in definitions of > spi_exec_prepared and spi_query_prepared. > Another one is usage of INTEGER type to return the result of spi_prepare in > the example for prepared queries. > When trying to execute that function I've got the following error: > > postgres=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION init() RETURNS INTEGER AS $# > $_SHARED{my_plan} = spi_prepare( 'SELECT (now() + $1)::date AS now', > 'INTERVAL'); > $$ LANGUAGE plperl; > > CREATE FUNCTION > > postgres=# select init(); > ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "0x1007d6f40" > CONTEXT: PL/Perl function "init" > > Since the return value is not used anyway, I've changed the return type of > the function declaration in the example to VOID. > > I think this is a good reason to suggest backpatching these changes down to > 8.2. > > [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > > -- > Alexey Klyukin > http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers