[GENERAL] Character escape in "CREATE FUNCTION ..."

2004-03-15 Thread Shilong Stanley Yao
Dear All, I am trying to write a function in Postgresql, which takes 2 floats and returns a box. But seems the nested single-quote in the AS clause prevent $1 and $2 from being expanded. Besides writing a C function instead of a SQL one, is there any way to solve this problem? Thanks a lot. -S

Re: [GENERAL] Character escape in "CREATE FUNCTION ..."

2004-03-15 Thread Shilong Stanley Yao
Tom Lane wrote: Shilong Stanley Yao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am trying to write a function in Postgresql, which takes 2 floats and returns a box. But seems the nested single-quote in the AS clause prevent $1 and $2 from being expanded. Besides writing a C function instead of a S

[GENERAL] pg_class table problem

2004-03-17 Thread Shilong Stanley Yao
Hi, I inserted thousands of records in a table, but when using "select relname, relpages from pg_class;", the number of pages of the table in which I am inserting records is always 10, which is the same as an empty table. Am I doing anything wrong? Thanks, -Stan ---(end

Re: [GENERAL] pg_class table problem

2004-03-17 Thread Shilong Stanley Yao
Marc Durham wrote: The relpages value is an estimated value I believe. Try using VACUUM to update it: VACUUM mytable; SELECT relname, relpages from pg_class; -Marc- Thank you all for your help. "vacuum" does help! Now I got the accurate numbers. -Stan ---(end