Re: Writing a user defined function

Hello,

Version is 8.1.3. Its an older version, in which I have some custom code.
I want to test the code with a function which has a seq scan and a blocking loop.

Thanks,
Suresh

--- On Sun, 7/20/08, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Writing a user defined function
To: "Suresh_" <suiyengar(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 1:33 AM

Hello

what is version of your postgresql?

regards
Pavel Stehule

2008/7/20 Suresh_ <suiyengar(at)yahoo(dot)com>:
>
> I get this error
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "cursor"
> CONTEXT: invalid type name "scroll cursor for select * from
tpcd.customer"
> compile of PL/pgSQL function "udf" near line 5
>
>
> Douglas McNaught wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Suresh_ <suiyengar(at)yahoo(dot)com>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> I am trying to code a simple udf in postgres. How do I write sql
>>> commands
>>> into pl/sql ? The foll. code doesnt work.
>>>
>>> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION udf()
>>> RETURNS integer AS $$
>>> BEGIN
>>> for i in 1..2000 loop
>>> for j in 1...10000 loop
>>> end loop;
>>> begin work;
>>
>> Postgres doesn't let you do transactions inside a function.
>>
>> Take out the BEGIN and COMMIT, and if you still get errors post the
>> function code and the error message that you get.
>>
>> -Doug
>>
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