Re: Could someone tell me what is wrong withthis function

1) as 'BEGIN
as '
BEGIN

Put BEGIN in next line

2) if new.countrycode !~''^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z]$''
wont check for only Uppercase Letters try
''^[A-Z]*''

3) You can also use a Rule on the field, but its nice to use a trigger if
you require a better error to be reported

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----- Original Message -----
From: <tsmets(at)brutele(dot)be>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:36 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Could someone tell me what is wrong withthis function

>
> This is almost a copy / paste from Bruce Momjian's book :
> <snip>
> create function trigger_iso_code_2_uppercase()
> returns opaque
> as 'BEGIN
> if new.countrycode !~''^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z]$''
> then raise exception ''ISO-code are excepted to be uppercase
> letters.'';
> ENd if;
> new.countrycode=upper(new.countrycode);
> new.countryname=initcap(new.countryname);
> end;'
> language 'internal';
> </snip>
>
> but I get the following :
>
> <snip>
> ERROR: ProcedureCreate: there is no builtin function named "BEGIN
> if new.countrycode !~'^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z]$'
> then raise exception 'ISO-code are excepted to be uppercase
> letters.';
> ENd if;
> new.countrycode=upper(new.countrycode);
> new.countryname=initcap(new.countryname);
> end;"
> </snip>
>
> Please note that I logging as postgres
>
> tx for your help,
>
> thomas,
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