Re: Tigger

David Hofmann wrote:
> I've look throught the docs and from what I can see the bellow code
> should work, however I keep getting the error:
>
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "$" at character 53
>
> CREATE FUNCTION session_update() RETURNS trigger AS $session_update$
> BEGIN
> -- Check date exists
> IF NEW.stamp_lastupdate IS NULL THEN
> NEW.stamp_lastupdate := 'now';
> END IF;
> RETURN NEW;
> END;
>
> $session_update$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> CREATE TRIGGER session_update BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON sessions FOR
> EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE session_update();
>
>
> Any help or suggestions of websites I should read would be appercated.
>
> David

Which version of postgresql are you using? I don't believe that the "$" quoting
was available in older versions than 8 (or late 7?).

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