Don Y wrote:
Hi, I have a set of functions for a data type that return small integers (i.e. [0..12]). I can, of course, represent it as a char, short or long (CHAR, INT16 or INT32). re there any advantages/drawbacks to chosing one particular PG_RETURN_ type over another (realizing that they are effectively just casts)?
If they are integers then an int would be the obvious choice. If you are going to treat them as int2 outside the function then int2, otherwise just integer. Oh, it's int2/int4 not int16/int32.
-- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
