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On 23/06/2007 17:17, Gunther Mayer wrote:

Any way I can achieve that on one line? I.e. I want it simpler than

IF arg1 < arg2 THEN
   RETURN arg1;
ELSE
   RETURN arg2;
END IF;

That looks pretty simple already, but why not enclose it in a pl/pgsql function - something like:

create function minimum(a1 integer, a2 integer) returns integer as
$$
begin
  if a1 < a2 then
    return a1;
  else
    return a2;
  end if;
end;
$$
language plpgsql;

- and then you can call it in one line:

select minimum(5, 4);


Ray.


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