Ralph Smith <rsmith(at)10kinfo(dot)com> writes:
> Within the function I have:
> for darec in select * from purchbt where addr not like ''%STE%STE%'' and
> addr not like ''%STE%STE%STE%'' and (addr similar to
> ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+'' or addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z]'' or
> addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z][A-Z]'') loop
> and it finds no records.
> Outside the function, replace '' with ', I DO get the results I expect.
Maybe "addr" is the name of a local variable inside the function?
Pre-9.0, that sort of ambiguity can bite you pretty easily.
regards, tom lane