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Old 04-11-2008, 04:03 AM
Tom Lane
 
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Default Re: IN/OUT parameters

Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> writes:
> create function foo( out p1 int, in p2 int, out p3 int) ....
> then a subsequent


> "{call = select foo(?,?,?)}


> This would need to be currently transformed into select foo(?), with the
> other two being discarded.


> It seems to me that the bind message needs to support the notion of
> direction in order for this to work cleanly.


How would it help for BIND to incorporate direction? What would it even
*mean* for BIND to incorporate direction --- it's a client-to-server
message, and can hardly be expected to transmit data in the reverse
direction.

regards, tom lane

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