Re: Question on pgsql trigger

--- Jon Poulton <jon(at)illumining(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi there,
> Im having a go at writing my first set of triggers
> for postgres and Im
> having trouble with an error message which the
> trigger produces when it
> tries to compile/call the function Ive written in
> pgsql. The error message
> is:
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
> CONTEXT: compile of PL/pgSQL function "text_update"
> near line 31
>
> I cant find the error! As far as I can see the
> syntax is fine from whats in
> the manual. Can anyone see what the problem with the
> function below is:
>
>
> CREATE FUNCTION text_update() RETURNS TRIGGER AS'
> DECLARE
> allText TEXT;
> currentRecord RECORD;
> BEGIN
> IF TG_WHEN = BEFORE THEN
> RAISE EXCEPTION ''Trigger function text_update
> should not be called before
> INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE'';
> END IF;
> IF TG_LEVEL = STATEMENT THEN
> RAISE EXCEPTION ''Trigger function text_update
> should be called as a row
> level trigger'';
> END IF;
> IF TG_OP = DELETE THEN
> DELETE FROM cks_messagetext WHERE
> cks_messagetext.id = OLD.id;
> RETURN OLD;
> ELSIF TG_OP = UPDATE THEN
> FOR currentRecord IN SELECT textdata FROM cks_part
> WHERE cks_part.type = 1
> AND
> cks_part.sourcemessageid = NEW.id LOOP
> allText := allText || '' '' ||
> currentRecord.textdata;
> END LOOP;
> allText := allText || '' '' || NEW.subject;
> UPDATE cks_messagetext SET cks_messagetext.textdata
> = allText WHERE
> cks_messagetext.id = NEW.id;
> RETURN NEW;
> ELSIF TG_OP = INSERT THEN
> FOR currentRecord IN SELECT textdata FROM cks_part
> WHERE cks_part.type = 1
> AND
> cks_part.sourcemessageid = NEW.id LOOP
> allText := allText || '' '' ||
> currentRecord.textdata;
> END LOOP;
> allText := allText || '' '' || NEW.subject;
> INSERT INTO cks_messagetext (id, textdata) VALUES
> (NEW.id, allText);
> RETURN NEW;
> ENDIF;

"END IF" is two words?

> END;
> 'LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
>
> Thank you for any help in advance.
>
> Jon Poulton
>
> jon(at)illumining(dot)com
>
>
>
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