Method: Sequel::Postgres::DatabaseMethods#create_function

Defined in:

lib/sequel/adapters/shared/postgres.rb

#create_function(name, definition, opts = OPTS) ⇒ Object

Creates the function in the database. Arguments:

name

name of the function to create

definition

string definition of the function, or object file for a dynamically loaded C function.

opts

options hash:

:args

function arguments, can be either a symbol or string specifying a type or an array of 1-3 elements:

1

argument data type

2

argument name

3

argument mode (e.g. in, out, inout)

:behavior

Should be IMMUTABLE, STABLE, or VOLATILE. PostgreSQL assumes VOLATILE by default.

:cost

The estimated cost of the function, used by the query planner.

:language

The language the function uses. SQL is the default.

:link_symbol

For a dynamically loaded see function, the function’s link symbol if different from the definition argument.

:returns

The data type returned by the function. If you are using OUT or INOUT argument modes, this is ignored. Otherwise, if this is not specified, void is used by default to specify the function is not supposed to return a value.

:rows

The estimated number of rows the function will return. Only use if the function returns SETOF something.

:security_definer

Makes the privileges of the function the same as the privileges of the user who defined the function instead of the privileges of the user who runs the function. There are security implications when doing this, see the PostgreSQL documentation.

:set

Configuration variables to set while the function is being run, can be a hash or an array of two pairs. search_path is often used here if :security_definer is used.

:strict

Makes the function return NULL when any argument is NULL.

# File 'lib/sequel/adapters/shared/postgres.rb', line 192

def create_function(name, definition, opts=OPTS)
  self << create_function_sql(name, definition, opts)
end