sneumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a PL/pgsql function that creates a certain bit string
> based on the parameters. Things work fine if I use bit(10)
> throughout the function. Now I'd like to return a bit string
> with the given size "len", but that breaks with a syntax error:
>
> ret := B'0'::bit(len);
> LINE 1: SELECT B'0'::bit( $1 )
> ^
>
> Any suggestion how to return a (bit) string
> of user-defined length ?
Hmm - not sure it's possible (even theoretically) for a function to have
multiple return types. Could you return a "bit varying" and cast it when
received?
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd