Re: Why this does not work ??

Roberto Rezende de Assis <rezende_assis(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)br> writes:
> Hello all, why this does not work ?

> create function copiar()
> returns int as '
> declare
> ponteiro int;
> begin
> for ponteiro in select * from original order by num asc loop
> insert into copia(num) values(ponteiro);

The loop variable of a for/select loop has to be a record or rowtype
variable. So you should do something like

declare
r record;
begin
for r in select * from original order by num asc loop
insert into copia(num) values(r.num);

> WARNING: plpgsql: ERROR during compile of copiar near line 4
> ERROR: missing .. at end of SQL expression

I agree that this error message is not very helpful :-(

regards, tom lane