-- -- Test named and nameless parameters -- CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names0(integer, integer) RETURNS int AS $$ return args[0] + args[1] $$ LANGUAGE plpython3u; CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names1(a0 integer, a1 text) RETURNS boolean AS $$ assert a0 == args[0] assert a1 == args[1] return True $$ LANGUAGE plpython3u; CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names2(u users) RETURNS text AS $$ assert u == args[0] if isinstance(u, dict): # stringify dict the hard way because otherwise the order is implementation-dependent u_keys = list(u.keys()) u_keys.sort() s = '{' + ', '.join([repr(k) + ': ' + repr(u[k]) for k in u_keys]) + '}' else: s = str(u) return s $$ LANGUAGE plpython3u; -- use deliberately wrong parameter names CREATE FUNCTION test_param_names3(a0 integer) RETURNS boolean AS $$ try: assert a1 == args[0] return False except NameError as e: assert e.args[0].find("a1") > -1 return True $$ LANGUAGE plpython3u; SELECT test_param_names0(2,7); SELECT test_param_names1(1,'text'); SELECT test_param_names2(users) from users; SELECT test_param_names2(NULL); SELECT test_param_names3(1);