Allow plpgsql function parameter names to be qualified with the function's

name.  With this patch, it is always possible for the user to qualify a
plpgsql variable name if needed to avoid ambiguity.  While there is much more
work to be done in this area, this simple change removes one unnecessary
incompatibility with Oracle.  Per discussion.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane 2007-07-16 17:01:11 +00:00
parent 9f6f51d5d4
commit ae1b7e298c
7 changed files with 104 additions and 28 deletions

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.114 2007/07/15 00:45:16 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.115 2007/07/16 17:01:10 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
<title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> - <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title>
@ -249,10 +249,23 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
</programlisting>
</para>
<note>
<para>
There is actually a hidden <quote>outer block</> surrounding the body
of any <application>PL/pgSQL</> function. This block provides the
declarations of the function's parameters (if any), as well as some
special variables such as <literal>FOUND</literal> (see
<xref linkend="plpgsql-statements-diagnostics">). The outer block is
labeled with the function's name, meaning that parameters and special
variables can be qualified with the function's name.
</para>
</note>
<para>
It is important not to confuse the use of
<command>BEGIN</>/<command>END</> for grouping statements in
<application>PL/pgSQL</> with the database commands for transaction
<application>PL/pgSQL</> with the similarly-named SQL commands
for transaction
control. <application>PL/pgSQL</>'s <command>BEGIN</>/<command>END</>
are only for grouping; they do not start or end a transaction.
Functions and trigger procedures are always executed within a transaction
@ -370,6 +383,19 @@ BEGIN
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
</programlisting>
</para>
<note>
<para>
These two examples are not perfectly equivalent. In the first case,
<literal>subtotal</> could be referenced as
<literal>sales_tax.subtotal</>, but in the second case it could not.
(Had we attached a label to the block, <literal>subtotal</> could
be qualified with that label, instead.)
</para>
</note>
<para>
Some more examples:
<programlisting>
CREATE FUNCTION instr(varchar, integer) RETURNS integer AS $$
@ -3618,12 +3644,12 @@ a_output := a_output || $$ if v_$$ || referrer_keys.kind || $$ like '$$
<listitem>
<para>
You cannot use parameter names that are the same as columns
that are referenced in the function. Oracle allows you to do this
if you qualify the parameter name using
<literal>function_name.parameter_name</>.
In <application>PL/pgSQL</>, you can instead avoid a conflict by
qualifying the column or table name.
If a name used in a SQL command could be either a column name of a
table or a reference to a variable of the function,
<application>PL/SQL</> treats it as a column name, while
<application>PL/pgSQL</> treats it as a variable name. It's best
to avoid such ambiguities in the first place, but if necessary you
can fix them by properly qualifying the ambiguous name.
(See <xref linkend="plpgsql-var-subst">.)
</para>
</listitem>

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/gram.y,v 1.103 2007/07/15 02:15:04 tgl Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/gram.y,v 1.104 2007/07/16 17:01:10 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ decl_statement : decl_varname decl_const decl_datatype decl_notnull decl_defval
plpgsql_ns_rename($2, $4);
}
| decl_varname opt_scrollable K_CURSOR
{ plpgsql_ns_push(NULL); }
{ plpgsql_ns_push($1.name); }
decl_cursor_args decl_is_for decl_cursor_query
{
PLpgSQL_var *new;

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c,v 1.116 2007/06/26 16:48:09 alvherre Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_comp.c,v 1.117 2007/07/16 17:01:10 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ do_compile(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo,
error_context_stack = &plerrcontext;
/*
* Initialize the compiler
* Initialize the compiler, particularly the namespace stack. The
* outermost namespace contains function parameters and other special
* variables (such as FOUND), and is named after the function itself.
*/
plpgsql_ns_init();
plpgsql_ns_push(NULL);
plpgsql_ns_push(NameStr(procStruct->proname));
plpgsql_DumpExecTree = false;
datums_alloc = 128;

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c,v 1.60 2007/07/15 02:15:04 tgl Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/pl_funcs.c,v 1.61 2007/07/16 17:01:11 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -147,15 +147,14 @@ plpgsql_ns_setlocal(bool flag)
* ----------
*/
void
plpgsql_ns_push(char *label)
plpgsql_ns_push(const char *label)
{
PLpgSQL_ns *new;
if (label == NULL)
label = "";
new = palloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_ns));
memset(new, 0, sizeof(PLpgSQL_ns));
new = palloc0(sizeof(PLpgSQL_ns));
new->upper = ns_current;
ns_current = new;
@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ plpgsql_ns_additem(int itemtype, int itemno, const char *name)
* ----------
*/
PLpgSQL_nsitem *
plpgsql_ns_lookup(char *name, char *label)
plpgsql_ns_lookup(const char *name, const char *label)
{
PLpgSQL_ns *ns;
int i;
@ -236,11 +235,11 @@ plpgsql_ns_lookup(char *name, char *label)
{
for (ns = ns_current; ns != NULL; ns = ns->upper)
{
if (!strcmp(ns->items[0]->name, label))
if (strcmp(ns->items[0]->name, label) == 0)
{
for (i = 1; i < ns->items_used; i++)
{
if (!strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, name))
if (strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, name) == 0)
return ns->items[i];
}
return NULL; /* name not found in specified label */
@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ plpgsql_ns_lookup(char *name, char *label)
*/
for (ns = ns_current; ns != NULL; ns = ns->upper)
{
if (!strcmp(ns->items[0]->name, name))
if (strcmp(ns->items[0]->name, name) == 0)
return ns->items[0];
}
@ -265,7 +264,7 @@ plpgsql_ns_lookup(char *name, char *label)
{
for (i = 1; i < ns->items_used; i++)
{
if (!strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, name))
if (strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, name) == 0)
return ns->items[i];
}
if (ns_localmode)
@ -288,14 +287,13 @@ plpgsql_ns_rename(char *oldname, char *newname)
int i;
/*
* Lookup name in the namestack; do the lookup in the current namespace
* only.
* Lookup name in the namestack
*/
for (ns = ns_current; ns != NULL; ns = ns->upper)
{
for (i = 1; i < ns->items_used; i++)
{
if (!strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, oldname))
if (strcmp(ns->items[i]->name, oldname) == 0)
{
newitem = palloc(sizeof(PLpgSQL_nsitem) + strlen(newname));
newitem->itemtype = ns->items[i]->itemtype;

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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h,v 1.89 2007/07/15 02:15:04 tgl Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/plpgsql/src/plpgsql.h,v 1.90 2007/07/16 17:01:11 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@ -770,10 +770,10 @@ extern char *plpgsql_dstring_get(PLpgSQL_dstring *ds);
*/
extern void plpgsql_ns_init(void);
extern bool plpgsql_ns_setlocal(bool flag);
extern void plpgsql_ns_push(char *label);
extern void plpgsql_ns_push(const char *label);
extern void plpgsql_ns_pop(void);
extern void plpgsql_ns_additem(int itemtype, int itemno, const char *name);
extern PLpgSQL_nsitem *plpgsql_ns_lookup(char *name, char *nsname);
extern PLpgSQL_nsitem *plpgsql_ns_lookup(const char *name, const char *nsname);
extern void plpgsql_ns_rename(char *oldname, char *newname);
/* ----------

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@ -3051,3 +3051,31 @@ select * from sc_test();
(3 rows)
drop function sc_test();
-- test qualified variable names
create function pl_qual_names (param1 int) returns void as $$
<<outerblock>>
declare
param1 int := 1;
begin
<<innerblock>>
declare
param1 int := 2;
begin
raise notice 'param1 = %', param1;
raise notice 'pl_qual_names.param1 = %', pl_qual_names.param1;
raise notice 'outerblock.param1 = %', outerblock.param1;
raise notice 'innerblock.param1 = %', innerblock.param1;
end;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
select pl_qual_names(42);
NOTICE: param1 = 2
NOTICE: pl_qual_names.param1 = 42
NOTICE: outerblock.param1 = 1
NOTICE: innerblock.param1 = 2
pl_qual_names
---------------
(1 row)
drop function pl_qual_names(int);

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@ -2535,3 +2535,25 @@ select * from sc_test();
drop function sc_test();
-- test qualified variable names
create function pl_qual_names (param1 int) returns void as $$
<<outerblock>>
declare
param1 int := 1;
begin
<<innerblock>>
declare
param1 int := 2;
begin
raise notice 'param1 = %', param1;
raise notice 'pl_qual_names.param1 = %', pl_qual_names.param1;
raise notice 'outerblock.param1 = %', outerblock.param1;
raise notice 'innerblock.param1 = %', innerblock.param1;
end;
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
select pl_qual_names(42);
drop function pl_qual_names(int);