-- -- 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); test_param_names0 ------------------- 9 (1 row) SELECT test_param_names1(1,'text'); test_param_names1 ------------------- t (1 row) SELECT test_param_names2(users) from users; test_param_names2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- {'fname': 'jane', 'lname': 'doe', 'userid': 1, 'username': 'j_doe'} {'fname': 'john', 'lname': 'doe', 'userid': 2, 'username': 'johnd'} {'fname': 'willem', 'lname': 'doe', 'userid': 3, 'username': 'w_doe'} {'fname': 'rick', 'lname': 'smith', 'userid': 4, 'username': 'slash'} (4 rows) SELECT test_param_names2(NULL); test_param_names2 ------------------- None (1 row) SELECT test_param_names3(1); test_param_names3 ------------------- t (1 row)