40.3. Data Values in PL/Tcl

Note: At present, this section is just taken from PostgreSQL documentation and is subject to revision for Postgres-XC.

The argument values supplied to a PL/Tcl function's code are simply the input arguments converted to text form (just as if they had been displayed by a SELECT statement). Conversely, the return command will accept any string that is acceptable input format for the function's declared return type. So, within the PL/Tcl function, all values are just text strings.