Re: Scripting issues

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: postgresql(at)bryden(dot)co(dot)za
Cc: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Scripting issues
Date: 2005-06-21 17:03:06
Message-ID: 20050621170306.GB84822@decibel.org
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 10:59:58AM +0200, postgresql(at)bryden(dot)co(dot)za wrote:
> Hi Richard
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I'm sure I'll go that way.
> One other question: Since in PostgreSQL you can have "overloaded"
> functions, how do you query the system tables for the existence of a
> particular version of the function? I can query
> information_schema.routines for the function name, but not for the
> particular parameters.

If you're specifically worried about functions, why not just use CREATE
OR REPLACE?
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