8.0.0 beta 2, void type

[Nick Hajek]

I have moved a DB from 7.4.3 to 8.0.0b2 for testing and am
experiencing some
problems with the void type within pl functions. I am calling a
function which
returns a void from within another function and have defined a
variable of type
void to catch the returned value. This worked fine in 7.4.x but
when executed
in 8 generates a "variable has pseudo-type void" error. Is this
a bug or a
change in functionality? Is there a workaround short of
rewritting all
functions to return a non-void value?

thanks,

Nick

[Tom Lane]

"Nick Hajek" <nh****@vishay.com> writes:

I have moved a DB from 7.4.3 to 8.0.0b2 for testing and am
experiencing some problems with the void type within pl functions.
I am calling a function which returns a void from within another
function and have defined a variable of type void to catch the
returned value.

Er, why would you want to catch a void return value? Seems like
you ought to use a PERFORM statement.

regards, tom lane

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[Nick Hajek]

> > I have moved a DB from 7.4.3 to 8.0.0b2 for testing and am

experiencing some problems with the void type within pl functions.
I am calling a function which returns a void from within another
function and have defined a variable of type void to catch the
returned value.

Er, why would you want to catch a void return value? Seems like
you ought to use a PERFORM statement.

regards, tom lane

I didn't know about PERFORM so was just doing what I discovered would work.
Thanks for the tip.

Nick