Hi, I have a PL/pgsql function that creates a certain bit string based on the parameters. Things work fine if I use bit(10) throughout the function. Now I'd like to return a bit string with the given size "len", but that breaks with a syntax error:
ret := B'0'::bit(len);
LINE 1: SELECT B'0'::bit( $1 )
^
Any suggestion how to return a (bit) string
of user-defined length ?
Thanks in advance,
Yours,
Steffen
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unarystr(
value integer,
len integer
) RETURNS bit(10) AS $$
DECLARE
ret bit(10);
one bit(10);
BEGIN
ret := B'0'::bit(10);
one := B'1'::bit(10);
FOR num IN 0..value-1 LOOP
ret := ret | (one >>num);
END LOOP;
RETURN ret;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
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