Re: pl/pgsql - code review + question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: "pgsql-sql" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pl/pgsql - code review + question
Date: 2001-07-18 16:29:50
Message-ID: 5407.995473790@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
> My problem now is that when I include the code to handle the record
> not being there, from the pgsql chapter (section 23.2.3.3) I get the
> following errors based of the function below.

IIRC, there's an erroneous example in the 7.1 plpgsql documentation:
RAISE doesn't actually accept an expression for its string parameter,
only a literal (and only simple variables for the additional
parameters). So you need to write something like

raise exception ''Member % not found'', unitno;

regards, tom lane

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