Add documentation about the inability of plpsql to use parameter names

that are the same as column names used in the function.
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Bruce Momjian 2005-12-08 18:02:04 +00:00
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.81 2005/12/01 10:36:57 neilc Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.82 2005/12/08 18:02:04 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
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</para>
</listitem>
<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.paramater_name</>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
You can overload function names in <productname>PostgreSQL</>. This is
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<listitem>
<para>
In <productname>PostgreSQL</> the function body has to be written as
In <productname>PostgreSQL</> the function body must be written as
a string literal. Therefore you need to use dollar quoting or escape
single quotes in the function body. See <xref
linkend="plpgsql-quote-tips">.
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<listitem>
<para>
Since there are no packages, there are no package-level variables
either. This is somewhat annoying. You may be able to keep per-session
state in temporary tables, instead.
either. This is somewhat annoying. You can keep per-session state
in temporary tables instead.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>