Jose',
Thank you for your response.
> --COBOL level 88 using functions-----------------------------------------------
>
> drop function current_client(text);
> create function current_client(text) returns bool as '
> DECLARE
> status ALIAS for $1;
> BEGIN
> RETURN status IN (''A'',''a'',''P'',''p'');
> END;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
> drop function active_client(text);
> create function active_client(text) returns bool as '
> DECLARE
> status ALIAS for $1;
> BEGIN
> RETURN status IN (''A'',''a'');
> END;
> ' language 'plpgsql';
>
> select * from customer
> where active_client(customer_status);
>
> select * from customer
> where not active_client(customer_status);
I guess what I was wondering... perhaps plpgsql
could have an "automatic" local variable, say
"current_row" so that the "text" would not have
to be passed in... Thus
create function current_client returns bool as '
BEGIN
RETURN current_row.status IN (''A'',''a'',''P'',''p'');
END;
' language 'plpgsql';
Then the select could look like this:
select * from customer where active_client;
Thoughts?
:) Clark
