From c8b5598a116d2d6079f941bcfce7a052f573f5bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:22:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Document pltcl's return_null command.

---
 doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml
index 59f464aeba..7d7ceb3379 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml,v 2.8 2001/03/25 10:16:12 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml,v 2.9 2001/04/30 22:22:34 tgl Exp $
 -->
 
  <chapter id="pltcl">
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable>funcname</replaceable> (<replaceable>argument-types
      </programlisting>
 
      When the function is called, the arguments are given as
-     variables $1 ... $n to the Tcl procedure body.  For example,
-     a function
+     variables <literal>$1</literal> ... <literal>$n</literal> to the
+     Tcl procedure body.  The result is returned
+     from the Tcl code in the usual way, with a <literal>return</literal>
+     statement.  For example, a function
      returning the higher of two int4 values could be defined as:
 
      <programlisting>
@@ -107,6 +109,11 @@ CREATE FUNCTION tcl_max (int4, int4) RETURNS int4 AS '
 ' LANGUAGE 'pltcl';
      </programlisting>
 
+     To return a NULL value from a PL/Tcl function, execute
+     <literal>return_null</literal>.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
      Composite type arguments are given to the procedure as Tcl arrays.
      The element names
      in the array are the attribute names of the composite
-- 
2.40.0