Re: Function's final statement must be a SELECT

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Premil Agarwal <preagarw(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function's final statement must be a SELECT
Date: 2008-05-14 20:36:21
Message-ID: 20080514203621.GI9838@alvh.no-ip.org
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Premil Agarwal escribió:
> I am trying to write a function in PgAdmin 1.8.2 for postgres 8.3. The
> function should check the input parameter for NULL. If its NULL then
> function should return 'Auto' otherwise return the input as such.

>
> CREATE FUNCTION check_for_null( inp character varying) RETURNS character
> varying AS $$
[...]
> $$ LANGUAGE SQL;

^^^

There's your problem. Try using PLPGSQL instead.

In any case, you can do this with COALESCE() and it's much easier.

--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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