Re: insert in function writen in pgplsql

Szymon Guz wrote:
> 2010/3/19 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>
> > Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > > You won't have to change the parameters in the function definition,
> > instead
> > > you can use the RENAME clause:
> >
> > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION add_user(user varchar(20), password
> > varchar(20) )
> > > RETURNS VOID AS $$
> > > DECLARE
> > > RENAME user TO x_user;
> > > RENAME pa TO x_password;
> > > BEGIN
> >
> > I wouldn't recommend relying on that, because RENAME has been removed in
> > 9.0. I'm not convinced that it would have worked as desired in previous
> > versions either.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
>
> Is alias also removed?
> I've checked that and it works in 8.4

ALIAS is the recommended replacement for RENAME:

http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/release-9-0.html

o Remove PL/pgSQL's RENAME declaration option (Tom)

Instead, use ALIAS, which can now alias any variable, not just dollar
sign variables, e.g. $1.

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