Re: Running functions that return void in psql

From: Eric Brown <eric(dot)brown(at)propel(dot)com>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Running functions that return void in psql
Date: 2004-12-15 08:48:36
Message-ID: 1BCBCEE8-4E76-11D9-991E-000A95C7176C@propel.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

Thanks. I forgot the 'return;' and the error message led me in the
wrong direction. Thanks!

On Dec 15, 2004, at 12:43 AM, Neil Conway wrote:

> Eric Brown wrote:
>> I've got quite a few plpgsql functions that insert, update or delete.
>> They're all declared to return void. All other functions, I can just
>> run 'select f(...);' from psql to test them. I don't understand how
>> to test these ones that return void from psql.
>
> neilc=# create function xyz() returns void as 'begin return; end;'
> language 'plpgsql';
> CREATE FUNCTION
> neilc=# select xyz();
> xyz
> -----
>
> (1 row)
>
> -Neil

In response to

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Richard Huxton 2004-12-15 09:05:06 Re: java.sql.SQLException: ERROR: Relation 38868974 does
Previous Message Michael Fuhr 2004-12-15 08:47:06 Re: Running functions that return void in psql