Re: Function problem

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: "Patrick Hatcher" <PHatcher(at)macys(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Function problem
Date: 2002-03-16 02:49:57
Message-ID: web-830256@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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Partrick,

> This a snippet of a much longer procedure. I am creating a cross-tab
> of
> sales data and dumping it into a temp table. A bunch of other temp
> tables
> are created and then the whole thing is put together in 1 table for
> reporting purposes. As stated earlier, it works if I don't put it
> into a
> function and I think it has to do with my quotes (").

No, the problem is that SELECT INTO in a procedure is for selecting
data into variables. PL/pgSQL is expecting a variable named "TEMP"
and not finding one. Instead, how about using the more standard
CREATE TABLE AS SELECT ... ?

-Josh Berkus

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