Re: my pgsql error?

On Tuesday, 13. March 2001 12:53, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> Please could a kind soul help me with this.
> I can't find _any_ - however cryptic - docs about plpgsql.

Click here:
http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/programmer/plpgsql.html

> create function nice_date(date) returns varchar as '
> declare
> t alias for $1;
> d text;
> m text;
> y text;
> begin

Well, use the declared variable names instead of day, month, year:
d := rtrim(to_char(\'t\'::timestamp, \'Day\'));
m := rtrim(to_char(\'t\'::timestamp, \'DD Month\'));
y := rtrim(to_char(\'t\'::timestamp, \'YYYY\' ));

Just remove the following three lines ...
> nd := d || m || y;
> end;
> return nd;

... and write instead:
return d || m || y;
> end;' language 'plpgsql';
>
> It seems to load ok, but on exection I get this message.
>
> chris=# select nice_date(date('today'));
> NOTICE: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of nice_date near line 12
> ERROR: parse error at or near "return"
>
> Please, what am I doing wrong?

There must be only one 'end;' at the, um, end of the function.

Hope that helps,

Christof
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