Re: Help with Procedures in pgsql

On Monday 27 November 2000 15:01, Nelio Alves Pereira Filho wrote:
> I have the folowing procedure in PL/pgsql:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION set_counter () RETURNS INT AS '
> DECLARE
> nivel_rec record;
> new_count integer;

I always used the syntax like:

nivel_rec nivel%ROWTYPE;

Not sure it matters though.

> BEGIN
> UPDATE nivel SET count=-2;
>
> FOR nivel_rec IN SELECT * FROM nivel LOOP
> new_count := set_counter_row (nivel_rec);
> END LOOP;

I don't know what set_counter_row() is doing so the problem could be in that
function.

>
> RETURN new_count;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> I create it, but when I do 'select set_counter()', it says
> IFX=# select set_counter();
> ERROR: Attribute 'nivel_rec' not found
>
> Isn't that the right sintax to declare variables in pgsql? What's wrong
> with it?
> Does my procedure contain any other errors that will appear later?
>
>
>
> Thanks

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