Re: Newbie in functions

Put single quote twice ( '' ) before and after "pm"....

Denis

----- Original Message -----
From: <Eduardo_Cadena(at)praxair(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:22 PM
Subject: [NOVICE] Newbie in functions

> I´m trying to create a function to obtain the possition of a substring,
but
> i don't kown if is correct
> can anyone can help me to do this?
>
> test=# CREATE FUNCTION pos1 (int4) RETURNS int4 AS '
> test'# UPDATE tabla1
> test'# SET posicion1 = position('pm' in SELECT string1 FROM tabla1 WHERE
> id = $1)
> test'# WHERE id = $1;
> test'# SELECT posicion1 FROM tabla1 WHERE id = $1;
> test'# 'LANGUAGE sql;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "pm"
> test=#
>
>
> thanks for your help
>
>
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