Re: Function debugging question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: DStaal(at)usa(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function debugging question
Date: 2005-06-09 20:06:58
Message-ID: 27271.1118347618@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Daniel T. Staal" <DStaal(at)usa(dot)net> writes:
> I have a function I'm working on that I'm trying to get working, and I
> can't make out what the error message means, so I thought I'd run it
> through here.

> The error I'm getting is:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "ABSOLUTE" at character 344
> LINE 13: FETCH ABSOLUTE start FROM cursl INTO r;
> ^

There is no FETCH ABSOLUTE in plpgsql, sorry. It has its own FETCH
statement which does not work anything like the main SQL engine's
FETCH. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-USING

regards, tom lane

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