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Re: Excluding null return values from functions

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2009/11/25 Jason Armstrong <ja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> How do I give a condition on the return value of a function (for
> example plperl)?
>
> I have a perl search function that returns either a bigint, or undef
> if nothing is found. I want to exclude the undef/null return values
> from my select statement, something like:
>
> sql> select search(data, 'field', 'value') as result from mydata where
> result is not null;

select result from (select  search(data, 'field','value') as result
from mydata) x where result is not null;

regards
Pavel Stehule

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