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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 12:15:05 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-04 12:15:05 +0000 |
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diff --git a/src/tutorial/funcs.source b/src/tutorial/funcs.source new file mode 100644 index 0000000..542b5c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/tutorial/funcs.source @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- +-- funcs.sql- +-- Tutorial on using functions in POSTGRES. +-- +-- +-- Copyright (c) 1994-5, Regents of the University of California +-- +-- src/tutorial/funcs.source +-- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +----------------------------- +-- Creating SQL Functions on Base Types +-- a CREATE FUNCTION statement lets you create a new function that +-- can be used in expressions (in SELECT, INSERT, etc.). We will start +-- with functions that return values of base types. +----------------------------- + +-- +-- let's create a simple SQL function that takes no arguments and +-- returns 1 + +CREATE FUNCTION one() RETURNS integer + AS 'SELECT 1 as ONE' LANGUAGE SQL; + +-- +-- functions can be used in any expressions (eg. in the target list or +-- qualifications) + +SELECT one() AS answer; + +-- +-- here's how you create a function that takes arguments. The following +-- function returns the sum of its two arguments: + +CREATE FUNCTION add_em(integer, integer) RETURNS integer + AS 'SELECT $1 + $2' LANGUAGE SQL; + +SELECT add_em(1, 2) AS answer; + +----------------------------- +-- Creating SQL Functions on Composite Types +-- it is also possible to create functions that return values of +-- composite types. +----------------------------- + +-- before we create more sophisticated functions, let's populate an EMP +-- table + +CREATE TABLE EMP ( + name text, + salary integer, + age integer, + cubicle point +); + +INSERT INTO EMP VALUES ('Sam', 1200, 16, '(1,1)'); +INSERT INTO EMP VALUES ('Claire', 5000, 32, '(1,2)'); +INSERT INTO EMP VALUES ('Andy', -1000, 2, '(1,3)'); +INSERT INTO EMP VALUES ('Bill', 4200, 36, '(2,1)'); +INSERT INTO EMP VALUES ('Ginger', 4800, 30, '(2,4)'); + +-- the argument of a function can also be a tuple. For instance, +-- double_salary takes a tuple of the EMP table + +CREATE FUNCTION double_salary(EMP) RETURNS integer + AS 'SELECT $1.salary * 2 AS salary' LANGUAGE SQL; + +SELECT name, double_salary(EMP) AS dream +FROM EMP +WHERE EMP.cubicle ~= '(2,1)'::point; + +-- the return value of a function can also be a tuple. However, make sure +-- that the expressions in the target list is in the same order as the +-- columns of EMP. + +CREATE FUNCTION new_emp() RETURNS EMP + AS 'SELECT ''None''::text AS name, + 1000 AS salary, + 25 AS age, + ''(2,2)''::point AS cubicle' + LANGUAGE SQL; + +-- you can then project a column out of resulting the tuple by using the +-- "function notation" for projection columns. (ie. bar(foo) is equivalent +-- to foo.bar) Note that we don't support new_emp().name at this moment. + +SELECT name(new_emp()) AS nobody; + +-- let's try one more function that returns tuples +CREATE FUNCTION high_pay() RETURNS setof EMP + AS 'SELECT * FROM EMP where salary > 1500' + LANGUAGE SQL; + +SELECT name(high_pay()) AS overpaid; + + +----------------------------- +-- Creating SQL Functions with multiple SQL statements +-- you can also create functions that do more than just a SELECT. +----------------------------- + +-- you may have noticed that Andy has a negative salary. We'll create a +-- function that removes employees with negative salaries. + +SELECT * FROM EMP; + +CREATE FUNCTION clean_EMP () RETURNS integer + AS 'DELETE FROM EMP WHERE EMP.salary <= 0; + SELECT 1 AS ignore_this' + LANGUAGE SQL; + +SELECT clean_EMP(); + +SELECT * FROM EMP; + + +----------------------------- +-- Creating C Functions +-- in addition to SQL functions, you can also create C functions. +-- See funcs.c for the definition of the C functions. +----------------------------- + +CREATE FUNCTION add_one(integer) RETURNS integer + AS '_OBJWD_/funcs' LANGUAGE C; + +CREATE FUNCTION makepoint(point, point) RETURNS point + AS '_OBJWD_/funcs' LANGUAGE C; + +CREATE FUNCTION copytext(text) RETURNS text + AS '_OBJWD_/funcs' LANGUAGE C; + +CREATE FUNCTION c_overpaid(EMP, integer) RETURNS boolean + AS '_OBJWD_/funcs' LANGUAGE C; + +SELECT add_one(3) AS four; + +SELECT makepoint('(1,2)'::point, '(3,4)'::point ) AS newpoint; + +SELECT copytext('hello world!'); + +SELECT name, c_overpaid(EMP, 1500) AS overpaid +FROM EMP +WHERE name = 'Bill' or name = 'Sam'; + +-- remove functions that were created in this file + +DROP FUNCTION c_overpaid(EMP, integer); +DROP FUNCTION copytext(text); +DROP FUNCTION makepoint(point, point); +DROP FUNCTION add_one(integer); +--DROP FUNCTION clean_EMP(); +DROP FUNCTION high_pay(); +DROP FUNCTION new_emp(); +DROP FUNCTION add_em(integer, integer); +DROP FUNCTION one(); +DROP FUNCTION double_salary(EMP); + +DROP TABLE EMP; |