On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:01:21 +0200 "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote: > > I've a bunch of functions that operates on the basket (a smaller > > list of products with their attributes). > > > > So many functions ends up in repeating over and over a select > > similar to: > > > > select [list of columns] from baskets b > > join basket_items bi on b.basket_=bi.basket_id > > join items i on i.item_id=bi.item_id > > join item_attributes a a.item_id=i.item_id > > where b.basket_id=$1 > > > > It would be nice if I could avoid to execute this query over and > > over. I'd have to find a way to pass this data across functions. > > You could pass arrays containing the selected rows between > functions. Something like: > > CREATE TYPE basket_row AS(id integer, name text, count > integer, ...); CREATE FUNCTION sell (items basket_row[]) RETURNS > boolean LANGUAGE plpgsql AS $$........$$; It doesn't look as I can do the same stuff with array and tables/records. Many times I use joint or aggregates on the basket. Is there any good tutorial/example on how to use cursors or temp tables in such circumstance? -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
