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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
index b360e91f5c7..91e96c77f06 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/plsql.sgml,v 2.58 2002/05/03 04:11:07 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/plsql.sgml,v 2.59 2002/06/15 19:34:51 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ END;
user_id INTEGER;
quantity NUMERIC(5);
url VARCHAR;
+myrow tablename%ROWTYPE;
+myfield tablename.fieldname%TYPE;
+arow RECORD;
</programlisting>
</para>
@@ -448,6 +451,15 @@ BEGIN
-- Some computations here
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
+
+
+CREATE FUNCTION use_many_fields(tablename) RETURNS TEXT AS '
+DECLARE
+ in_t ALIAS FOR $1;
+BEGIN
+ RETURN in_t.f1 || in_t.f3 || in_t.f5 || in_t.f7;
+END;
+' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
</programlisting>
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -491,6 +503,17 @@ END;
row could be from a view). The fields of the row type inherit the
table's field size or precision for data types such as
<type>char(n)</type>.
+<programlisting>
+CREATE FUNCTION use_two_tables(tablename) RETURNS TEXT AS '
+DECLARE
+ in_t ALIAS FOR $1;
+ use_t table2name%ROWTYPE;
+BEGIN
+ SELECT * INTO use_t FROM table2name WHERE ... ;
+ RETURN in_t.f1 || use_t.f3 || in_t.f5 || use_t.f7;
+END;
+' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
+</programlisting>
</para>
</sect2>