Re: A plpgsql unidentifiable problem.

I think that the IF clauses need END IF.

IF uppergt = 'BOD' THEN RETURN 0; END IF;
IF uppergt = 'MOD' THEN RETURN 86400/2; END IF;
IF uppergt = 'EOD' THEN RETURN 86399; END IF;

This should solve the problem.

Philippe Gregoire
Information Manager
www.boreal-is.com

Ralph Smith wrote:
> I'm baffled and have tried various variations but still nogo.
>
> From PgAdmin III I get:
> -------------------------------------------
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near ";"
> SQL state: 42601
> Character: 19001
>
> -- referring to the semi-colon after the 'END' statement.
>
>
> *******************************
> When I check this out in PgAdmin III.
> -------------------------------------------
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION time_to_utime(given_time varchar) RETURNS
> INT AS
> $$
>
> DECLARE
>
> uppergt varchar ;
> colon1 int ;
> colon2 int ;
> digitsA varchar ;
> digitsB varchar ;
> digitsC varchar ;
> numberA int ;
> numberB int ;
> numberC int ;
> result int ;
>
> BEGIN
>
> IF check_time(given_time) = FALSE THEN
> RAISE NOTICE 'The time passed into function time_to_utime is not
> in a valid format.' ;
> END IF ;
>
> -- ----------------------------------------
>
> uppergt := upper(given_time) ;
>
> IF uppergt = 'BOD' THEN RETURN 0 ;
> IF uppergt = 'MOD' THEN RETURN 86400/2 ;
> IF uppergt = 'EOD' THEN RETURN 86399 ;
>
> -- ----------------------------------------
>
> colon1:=strpos(invar,':') ;
> colon2:=colon1+strpos(substring(invar from colon1+1),':') ;
>
> digitsA := split_part(invar,':',1) ;
> numberA := to_number(digitsA,'99') ;
>
> digitsB := split_part(invar,':',2) ;
> numberB := to_number(digitsB,'99') ;
>
> digitsC := split_part(invar,':',3) ;
> numberC := to_number(digitsC,'99') ;
>
> result := 3600*numberA + 60*numberB + numberC ;
>
> RETURN result ;
>
> END ;
> $$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL ; /* time_to_utime */
> ********************************************
>
> Any clues?
>
> THANKS!
>
> Ralph Smith
>
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