You need to put your aliases in:
value1 alias for $1;
etc.
Hello,
>
> I am trying to create a database trigger which inserts into a second
> table. I have created the following function in accordance with the
> reference manual documentation (7.2).
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION orderinsert(INTEGER, VARCHAR) RETURNS INTEGER
> AS '
>
> INSERT INTO HEXORDERS ( CUSTOMER_ID, ORDER_KEY, DISTRIBUTOR_ID,
> ORDER_AMOUNT, ORDER_GST ) VALUES ( $1, $2, 1, 0, 0 ) ;
>
> SELECT 1 ;
>
> ' LANGUAGE SQL ;
>
>
>
> It fails with the cryptic error "parse error at or near ;". Can anyone
> tell me what is wrong with this syntax?
>
> Regards