Quoting in stored procedures
Jochen Topf <sqrt@eldorado.inka.de>
From: Jochen Topf <sqrt@eldorado.inka.de>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1999-08-28T21:19:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
The syntax needed for defining functions is quite annoying because of the
needed quoting. Example:
CREATE FUNCTION bla (int4) RETURNS char AS '
BEGIN
RETURN ''Two quotes needed''
END;
' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
How about allowing something like in shell here-documents:
CREATE FUNCTION bla (int4) RETURNS char LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' UNTIL '__EOF__';
BEGIN
RETURN 'Only one quote needed'
END;
__EOF__
Or similar. The __EOF__ is of course totally arbitrary and every string can
be used, so this will work with any language used.
jochen