Re: Converting stored procedures from SQL Anywhere to PostGres.

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:51 PM, <mgould(at)isstrucksoftware(dot)net> wrote:
> I am trying to convert stored procedures from SQL Anywhere to Postgres.
> I am getting error
>
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "return"
> LINE 2: return integer AS
>        ^
>
>
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "return"
> SQL state: 42601
> Character: 81
>
> when I run this.  I'm not sure what the problem is here.  Any help would
> be appreciated.
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "iss"."ConfigAddKey" (in
> isscontrib.citext,pkeyname)
> return integer AS
> $BODY$
> begin
>
> declare l:retval integer;
> declare l:id integer;
>
> if exists(select id into l:id from iss.configkeys where keyname =
> pkeyname) then
>  l:retval := l:id
> else
>  insert into "iss".configkeys(keyname) values (pKeyname);
> end if;
> return retval
>
> end;
> $BODY$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Well, the languages are obviously not compatible. You're going to
have to convert them all and to do that you're going to have a decent
understanding of both languages. I doubt there are any automatic
tools to do it.

start here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpgsql.html

merlin