Re: plperl function to return nulls

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: Brent Wood <b(dot)wood(at)niwa(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: plperl function to return nulls
Date: 2005-09-19 13:27:49
Message-ID: 20050919132749.GB83744@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:52:23AM +1200, Brent Wood wrote:
> I have a plperl function returning an int. The int is returned as the
> result of a system call.
>
> It is set to return a null if one of the inputs is null, but I can't see
> how to return a null if the result is indeterminate. The function
> currently returns a 0 instead.
>
> How do I stick an if in the function to return a null where appropriate?

From the PL/Perl documentation:

"As shown above, to return an SQL null value from a PL/Perl function,
return an undefined value."

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/plperl.html

Is that what you're looking for?

--
Michael Fuhr

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