[GENERAL] md5 function

2003-12-17 Thread Miso Hlavac
Hello, Sorry for just stupid question, but I need use md5 function in 7.4 When I write: select md5('text'); ERROR: Function md5("unknown") does not exist Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types You may need to add explicit typecasts where is problem?

[GENERAL] function with tablename parameter

2003-10-27 Thread Miso Hlavac
hello, it is possible to write something similar??? create function get_count(varchar(32)) RETURNS int4 AS ' DECLARE tmp int4; BEGIN SELECT COUNT(*) INTO tmp FROM $1; RETURN tmp; END;' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'; SELECT get_count('k_part'); SQL error: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "$1" a

[GENERAL] exclusive access

2003-11-19 Thread Miso Hlavac
Hi, I develop web application. My case model consists of many tables. I have VIEW through the 5 tables and 4 JOINs. first table has 14000 rows, second 42000 rows and others have around 20 rows. Time of query depends on WHERE condition. SELECT COUNT(*) FROM v_auto_detail_seller; takes time 1 sec.

[GENERAL] user defined variable per session

2003-12-07 Thread Miso Hlavac
Hello, I need to create user defined variable in every database session. In Sybase ASA is equivalent: CREATE VARIABLE name TYPE; I need use this in views. Is it possible??? thanx, miso ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Us