From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Clarification of "void" type |
Date: | 2016-06-15 19:32:37 |
Message-ID: | CAKFQuwZky1t8YxvCidPJJjtE5yb8TR9W5-c0ZchQW21r=9OJZg@mail.gmail.com |
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The section on pseudo-types names "void" and describes is thusly:
"""
Indicates that a function returns no value.
"""
This can be reasonably interpreted to mean: "Use this when you don't want
the execution of a function to return a value." (i.e., the empty set)
The following paragraph, suitably marked up, would be a nice addition:
If a function declares "RETURNS void" the result of executing the function
will be a single row and column whose type pg_typeof() returns "void".
Void is not null and typically displays textually as the empty string.
I'd maybe modify the table to read:
void : A value that has no content: used to indicate that a function
returns no value.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/datatype-pseudo.html
David J.
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