Pam Withnall <Pamw(at)zoom(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> When i call the function from sql
> SELECT sptest3(4) AS x;
> I get the error:

> "NOTICE:  plpgsql: ERROR during compile of sptest3 near line 1
> "RROR:  parse error at or near "

The message looks just like that, eh?  I bet it's unhappy because your
function text contains DOS-style newlines (\r\n) not Unix-style (\n).

7.1 plpgsql will accept \r as whitespace, but current releases don't.
In the meantime, save your script in a not-so-Microsoft-oriented editor.

			regards, tom lane

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