-- -- Test named and nameless parameters -- CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names0(integer, integer) RETURNS int AS $$ return args[0] + args[1] $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu; CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names1(a0 integer, a1 text) RETURNS boolean AS $$ assert a0 == args[0] assert a1 == args[1] return True $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu; CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names2(u users) RETURNS text AS $$ assert u == args[0] return str(u) $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu; -- use deliberately wrong parameter names CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names3(a0 integer) RETURNS boolean AS $$ try: assert a1 == args[0] return False except NameError, e: assert e.args[0].find("a1") > -1 return True $$ LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT test_param_names0(2,7); test_param_names0 ------------------- 9 (1 row) SELECT test_param_names1(1,'text'); test_param_names1 ------------------- t (1 row) SELECT test_param_names2(users) from users; test_param_names2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- {'lname': 'doe', 'username': 'j_doe', 'userid': 1, 'fname': 'jane'} {'lname': 'doe', 'username': 'johnd', 'userid': 2, 'fname': 'john'} {'lname': 'doe', 'username': 'w_doe', 'userid': 3, 'fname': 'willem'} {'lname': 'smith', 'username': 'slash', 'userid': 4, 'fname': 'rick'} (4 rows) SELECT test_param_names2(NULL); test_param_names2 ------------------- None (1 row) SELECT test_param_names3(1); test_param_names3 ------------------- t (1 row)