How to \ef a function ?

On 1/8/24 08:26, David Gauthier wrote:

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dvdb=# \df opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig;
                                 List of functions
 Schema |           Name            | Result data type | Argument data
types | Type
--------+---------------------------+------------------+---------------------+------
 opid   | bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig | trigger          |
      | func
(1 row)

dvdb=# \ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig;
ERROR:  function "opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig;" does not exist

Lose the ';'.

It should be:

\ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig

dvdb=# \ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig();
ERROR:  expected a right parenthesis
dvdb=#

So the function exists with \df but not \ef ?
I get the need to identify the argument list (in case there's >1 with
same name, diff arg list), but '()' doesn't work.  Does this have to do
with the returned trigger type ?

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com

Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> writes:

On 1/8/24 08:26, David Gauthier wrote:

dvdb=# \ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig;
ERROR:  function "opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig;" does not exist

Lose the ';'.
It should be:
\ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig

Yeah, that's what psql is expecting, but it does seem a bit
unforgiving considering that you can write a noise semicolon
in many other backslash commands. And this:

dvdb=# \ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig();
ERROR:  expected a right parenthesis

seems outright buggy. I've not looked at the code though.

regards, tom lane

I wrote:

Yeah, that's what psql is expecting, but it does seem a bit
unforgiving considering that you can write a noise semicolon
in many other backslash commands. And this:

dvdb=# \ef opid.bef_ins_axi_reqs_set_trig();
ERROR:  expected a right parenthesis

seems outright buggy. I've not looked at the code though.

Ah, I see it. The difference in the error messages is because \ef
feeds the whole argument to regprocin to find out the function OID
if there are no parens, but regprocedurein if there are parens.
Neither of those functions like the trailing semicolon, but their
complaints are different.

More interestingly, \ef is actually trying to ignore trailing
semicolons: exec_command_ef_ev tells psql_scan_slash_option
to do so. But it's using OT_WHOLE_LINE mode and that function
ignores the request in that mode. So that seems like an
oversight.

regards, tom lane