Re: converting an oracle procedure to postgres

Clint,

> v_taxstatus varchar(1);
> v_shipping varchar(12);

Drop the varchar limits, it's not supported inside PL/pgSQL.

> I know I have to relpace the word PROCEDURE with FUNCTION but then it wants
> me to put RETURNS <datatype> but I don't want to return anything. I was
> thinking that I could just have it return integer and then after the last
> update statement put return 0. I'd rather not have it return a junk value
> though. What should I do?

I generally return integer or boolean for such functions. For example, you
can have it return "TRUE" at the end, and then your client code can interpret
any non-true result (Error message, null) as an error.

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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco