Re: Create Function... ERROR: language "plpgsql" does not exist

From: chet(at)crashed(dot)net (Chet Luther)
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Create Function... ERROR: language "plpgsql" does not exist
Date: 2003-10-14 20:50:33
Message-ID: 3d88cfc9.0310141250.22e61a1@posting.google.com
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You need to create the plpgsql language in your database first. See
http://www.faqs.org/docs/ppbook/c19610.htm for how to do this.

Hope this helps,
chet(at)crashed(dot)net

thomasatiem(at)hotmail(dot)com ("Thomas LeBlanc") wrote in message news:<Law9-F78SH3ZIrqTIov0000f92d(at)hotmail(dot)com>...
> I copied an example from the help:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION somefunc() RETURNS integer AS '
> DECLARE
> quantity integer := 30;
> BEGIN
> RAISE NOTICE ''Quantity here is %'', quantity; -- Quantity here is 30
> quantity := 50;
> --
> -- Create a subblock
> --
> DECLARE
> quantity integer := 80;
> BEGIN
> RAISE NOTICE ''Quantity here is %'', quantity; -- Quantity here is
> 80
> END;
>
> RAISE NOTICE ''Quantity here is %'', quantity; -- Quantity here is 50
>
> RETURN quantity;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE plpgsql
>
>
> Ran it is a SQL window from pgAdmin and got this error:
>
> ERROR: language "plpgsql" does not exist
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas LeBlanc

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