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pg_get_functiondef

Reconstructs the creating command for a function or procedure.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 19 of 27 versions, 8.4 to 20

7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Signatures & examples

pg_get_functiondef ( func oid ) → text

Reconstructs the creating command for a function or procedure. (This is a decompiled reconstruction, not the original text of the command.) The result is a complete CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION or CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE statement.

Version history 3

12 → 13 changed
10 → 11 changed
8.3 → 8.4 added

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