| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | DStaal(at)usa(dot)net |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Function debugging question |
| Date: | 2005-06-09 20:06:58 |
| Message-ID: | 27271.1118347618@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Daniel T. Staal" <DStaal(at)usa(dot)net> writes:
> I have a function I'm working on that I'm trying to get working, and I
> can't make out what the error message means, so I thought I'd run it
> through here.
> The error I'm getting is:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "ABSOLUTE" at character 344
> LINE 13: FETCH ABSOLUTE start FROM cursl INTO r;
> ^
There is no FETCH ABSOLUTE in plpgsql, sorry. It has its own FETCH
statement which does not work anything like the main SQL engine's
FETCH. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/plpgsql-cursors.html#PLPGSQL-CURSOR-USING
regards, tom lane
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