Re: problem with RECORD in a stored procedure

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Dalton Shane wrote:

>
> HI,
>
> I have a strange problem with regard to the RECORD type. IN plpgsql language it
> doesn't seem to recognise the data type. Does anybody have any idea why? I've
> included a sample function and the terminal output to show what I mean. I've
> also included what should have gone into table orla.
>
> Any help would be appreciated in sorting out this frustrating problem.
>
> Shane
>
> CREATE FUNCTION sinead() RETURNS integer AS '
> DECLARE
> a integer :=0;
> b RECORD;
>
>
> BEGIN
> FOR b IN SELECT MIN(total) from results LOOP
> INSERT INTO orla(total) VALUES(b);

You need to specify an attribute of b to insert here (for example
b.min).

> END LOOP;
>
> RETURN a;
>
>
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';