How to overload POSITION

[Troels Arvin <troels@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm working on a datatype which I call dnaseq. The basic stuff like
input/output functions, comparison operators, etc., work well.

I have overloaded the CHARACTER_LENGTH function without problems:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION character_length(dnaseq)
RETURNS integer
AS 'dnaseq','dnaseq_charlen'
LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;

Now, I want to overload the POSITION(lftval IN rgtval) function, but how
do I do that? I've tried

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION position(dnaseq,dnaseq)
RETURNS integer
AS 'dnaseq'
LANGUAGE 'C' IMMUTABLE STRICT;

But now I get:
ERROR:  syntax error at or near "(" at character 36
LINE 1: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION position(dnaseq,dnaseq)

I assume this is because the POSITION function uses "IN" to separate
arguments, in stead of a comma. Is there a way to overload it?

-- 
Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark



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