Re: Create function statement with insert statement

Hi Susan,

I had a similar problem with a function using pl/pgsql. I checked the docs
(7.3) for it and discovered the following info:

"A trigger procedure is created with the CREATE FUNCTION command as a function
with no arguments and a return type of OPAQUE"

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.2&idoc=1&file=plpgsql-trigger.html

Regards,

-Andreas

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to create a database trigger which inserts into a second table.
> I have created the following function in accordance with the reference
> manual documentation (7.2).
>
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION orderinsert(INTEGER, VARCHAR) RETURNS INTEGER AS
> '
>
> INSERT INTO HEXORDERS ( CUSTOMER_ID, ORDER_KEY, DISTRIBUTOR_ID,
> ORDER_AMOUNT, ORDER_GST ) VALUES ( $1, $2, 1, 0, 0 ) ;
>
> SELECT 1 ;
>
> ' LANGUAGE SQL ;
>
>
>
> It fails with the cryptic error "parse error at or near ;". Can anyone
> tell me what is wrong with this syntax?
>
> Regards

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