pgsql: Add error_on_null(), checking if the input is the null value

Started by Michael Paquier8 months ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Michael Paquier
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Add error_on_null(), checking if the input is the null value

This polymorphic function produces an error if the input value is
detected as being the null value; otherwise it returns the input value
unchanged.

This function can for example become handy in SQL function bodies, to
enforce that exactly one row was returned.

Author: Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org>
Reviewed-by: Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: /messages/by-id/ece8c6d1-2ab1-45d5-ba12-8dec96fc8886@app.fastmail.com
Discussion: /messages/by-id/de94808d-ed58-4536-9e28-e79b09a534c7@app.fastmail.com

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/2b75c38b707a070922231de667a0bd08ee71b268

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/func/func-comparison.sgml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c | 14 +++++++++++++
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat | 3 +++
src/test/regress/expected/misc_functions.out | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/misc_functions.sql | 11 ++++++++++
5 files changed, 81 insertions(+)