CREATE FUNCTION

The CREATE FUNCTION creates a .

The CREATE FUNCTION statement performs a schema change. For more information about how online schema changes work in CockroachDB, see .

Required privileges

• To define a function, a user must have on the schema of the function.
• To define a function with a , a user must have USAGE privilege on the user-defined type.
• To resolve a function, a user must have at least the USAGE privilege on the schema of the function.
• To call a function, a user must have EXECUTE privilege on the function.
• At function definition and execution time, a user must have privileges on all the objects referenced in the function body. Privileges on referenced objects can be revoked and later function calls can fail due to lack of permission.

If you grant EXECUTE privilege as a default privilege at the database level, newly created functions inherit that privilege from the database.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter	Description
routine\_create\_name	The name of the function.
routine\_param	A comma-separated list of function parameters.
routine\_return\_type	The type returned by the function.
routine\_body\_str	The body of the function. For allowed contents, see .

Example of a simple function

The following statement creates a function to compute the square of integers:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION sq(a INT) RETURNS INT AS 'SELECT a*a' LANGUAGE SQL;

The following statement invokes the sq function:

SELECT sq(2);

  sq
-----
  4
(1 row)

Examples of functions that reference tables

Setup

To follow along, run to start a temporary, in-memory cluster with the sample dataset preloaded:

$ cockroach demo

Create a function that references a table

The following statement defines a function that returns the total number of MovR application users.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION num_users() RETURNS INT AS 'SELECT count(*) FROM users' LANGUAGE SQL;

SELECT num_users();

  num_users
-------------
         50
(1 row)

Create a function that modifies a table

The following statement defines a function that updates the rules value for a specified row in promo_codes.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION update_code(
  code_name VARCHAR,
  new_rules JSONB
  )
  RETURNS promo_codes AS $$
    UPDATE promo_codes SET rules = new_rules
    WHERE code = code_name
    RETURNING *;
  $$ LANGUAGE SQL;

Given the promo_codes row:

            code           |                          description                           |    creation_time    |   expiration_time   |                    rules
---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------
  0_building_it_remember   | Door let Mrs manager buy model. Course rock training together. | 2019-01-09 03:04:05 | 2019-01-14 03:04:05 | {"type": "percent_discount", "value": "10%"}

SELECT update_code('0_building_it_remember', '{"type": "percent_discount", "value": "50%"}');

                                                                                          update_code
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (0_building_it_remember,"Door let Mrs manager buy model. Course rock training together.","2019-01-09 03:04:05","2019-01-14 03:04:05","{""type"": ""percent_discount"", ""value"": ""50%""}")

Create a function that uses a WHERE clause

The following statement defines a function that returns the total revenue for rides taken in European cities.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION total_euro_revenue() RETURNS DECIMAL LANGUAGE SQL AS $$
  SELECT SUM(revenue) FROM rides WHERE city IN ('paris', 'rome', 'amsterdam')
$$;

SELECT total_euro_revenue();

  total_euro_revenue
----------------------
             8468.00

Create a function that returns a set of results

The following statement defines a function that returns information for all vehicles not in use. The SETOF clause specifies that the function should return each row as the query executes to completion.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION available_vehicles() RETURNS SETOF vehicles LANGUAGE SQL AS $$
  SELECT * FROM vehicles WHERE status = 'available'
$$;

SELECT city,current_location,type FROM available_vehicles();

      city      |      current_location       |    type
----------------+-----------------------------+-------------
  amsterdam     | 4102 Stout Flat Apt. 11     | skateboard
  boston        | 30226 Logan Branch Suite 76 | skateboard
  los angeles   | 25730 Crystal Terrace       | scooter
  paris         | 9429 Joseph Neck Suite 52   | skateboard
  san francisco | 43325 Jeffrey Wall Suite 26 | scooter
(5 rows)

Create a function that returns a RECORD type

The following statement defines a function that returns the information for the user that most recently completed a ride. The information is returned as a record, which takes the structure of the row that is retrieved by the selection query.

In the function subquery, the latest end_time timestamp is used to determine the most recently completed ride.

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION last_rider() RETURNS RECORD LANGUAGE SQL AS $$
  SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = (
    SELECT rider_id FROM rides WHERE end_time = (SELECT max(end_time) FROM rides)
  )
$$;

SELECT last_rider();

                                                last_rider
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (70a3d70a-3d70-4400-8000-000000000016,seattle,"Mary Thomas","43322 Anthony Flats Suite 85",1141093639)
(1 row)

Create a function that uses a loop

The following user-defined function returns the nth integer in the Fibonacci sequence.

It uses the syntax to iterate through a simple calculation, and to return an error message if the specified n is negative.

CREATE FUNCTION fib(n int) RETURNS INT AS $$
    DECLARE
        tmp INT;
        a INT := 0;
        b INT := 1;
        i INT := 2;
    BEGIN
        IF n < 0 THEN
            RAISE EXCEPTION 'n must be non-negative';
        END IF;
        IF n = 0 THEN RETURN 0; END IF;
        IF n = 1 THEN RETURN 1; END IF;
        LOOP
            IF i > n THEN EXIT; END IF;
            tmp := a + b;
            a := b;
            b := tmp;
            i := i + 1;
        END LOOP;
        RETURN b;
    END
  $$ LANGUAGE PLpgSQL;

SELECT fib(8);

  fib
-------
   21

See also