Re: A Query that works standalone but not in a f(x)

Once again, youreka, or EUREKA Tom!

There was no indication that the problem was inside the loop, just the
query wouldn't work.
In fact it ran perfectly fine yesterday!...? (Though I am going to go
back and check it now.)

Thanks. I know better but... You can bet I won't make that one again.

Ralph
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Ralph Smith <rsmith(at)10kinfo(dot)com> writes:
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>> Within the function I have:
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>> for darec in select * from purchbt where addr not like ''%STE%STE%'' and
>> addr not like ''%STE%STE%STE%'' and (addr similar to
>> ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+'' or addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z]'' or
>> addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z][A-Z]'') loop
>>
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>> and it finds no records.
>> Outside the function, replace '' with ', I DO get the results I expect.
>>
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> Maybe "addr" is the name of a local variable inside the function?
> Pre-9.0, that sort of ambiguity can bite you pretty easily.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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Ralph
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