Re: Looking for some help with cascading updates...

Next silly question, how do you get your database to like plpgsql...

I do CREATE LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' and it says it is not defined?

--Mark

On 4/18/06, Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> wrote:
>
> Mark True <darfoo(at)gmail(dot)com> schrieb:
>
> > I guess I should have clarified. I am having trouble figuring out how
> to
> > construct the IF statement to see if that item exists in the foreign
> table
> > something like:
> >
> > count=select count(*) from table;
> >
> > if count=0 {
> > insert fkey into myOtherTable
> > }
>
> a real example:
> (table harz_ufpos references harz_uf)
>
>
> create or replace function gh_insert(text,int,int,text,int,float) returns
> int as $$
> declare c int;
> begin
> select into c count(*) from harz_uf where (uf,ab) = ($1,$2);
> if c = 0 then
> insert into harz_uf (uf,ab,beschreibung,aktiv) values
> ($1,$2,$4,'t');
> end if;
>
> insert into harz_ufpos (uf,pos,anzahl,rest,flaeche) values
> ($1,$3,$5,$5,$6);
>
> return 1;
> end;
> $$ language 'plpgsql';
>
>
> HTH, Andreas
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