Re: PL/pgSQL Return statements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Donald Fraser" <postgres(at)kiwi-fraser(dot)net>
Cc: "[ADMIN]" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PL/pgSQL Return statements
Date: 2007-01-15 18:33:11
Message-ID: 18516.1168885991@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Donald Fraser" <postgres(at)kiwi-fraser(dot)net> writes:
> I'm getting errors like the following:

> ERROR: RETURN cannot have a parameter in function returning void at or =
> near "VOID" at character 2983.

> Does this mean I must edit every function that is declared with RETURNS =
> VOID and remove the RETURN VOID; statement from the body?

Yup. That was never correct code, but plpgsql used to completely ignore
anything after RETURN in a function declared to return VOID. Which
surprised enough people that we changed it ...

regards, tom lane

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