Re: Function Issue!

Theo Galanakis <Theo(dot)Galanakis(at)lonelyplanet(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the function below ?

> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "public"."theo_test2" () RETURNS OPAQUE AS'
> BEGIN
> declare curr_theo cursor for select * from node_names;
> fetch next from curr_theo;
> close curr_theo;
> END;
> 'LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE CALLED ON NULL INPUT SECURITY DEFINER;

The DECLARE has to go before the BEGIN:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "public"."theo_test2" () RETURNS OPAQUE AS'
DECLARE
curr_theo cursor for select * from node_names;
BEGIN
fetch next from curr_theo;
close curr_theo;
END;
'LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE CALLED ON NULL INPUT SECURITY DEFINER;

I think you are missing an OPEN step too, and the FETCH syntax is wrong
for plpgsql. Read the plpgsql doc section about using cursors --- it
is not at all identical to what you do in plain SQL.

regards, tom lane