Re: create function error

On Jul 26, 2007, at 13:22 , Tony Crisera wrote:

> ERROR: unterminated dollar-quoted string at or near "$$
> BEGIN
> NEW.mod_date := now();" at character 63
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "RETURN" at character 9
> WARNING: there is no transaction in progress
> ERROR: unterminated dollar-quoted string at or near "$$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql;" at character 1

Note that this is *not* the script you provided below, as $$ does not
appear in the script you provided. Please provide the full output of
the psql session that shows the error (i.e., statements and error
output).

> ERROR: function public.setproposalmoddate() does not exist

This is irrelevant. It's just telling you the trigger can't be
created because the function doesn't exist.

> Here is a script that produces the error-
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION setproposalmoddate() RETURNS TRIGGER AS
> $mod_date$
> BEGIN
> NEW.mod_date := now();
> RETURN NEW;
> END;
> $mod_date$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

Works fine for me:

test=# CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION setproposalmoddate() RETURNS
TRIGGER AS $mod_date$
test$# BEGIN
test$# NEW.mod_date := now();
test$# RETURN NEW;
test$# END;
test$# $mod_date$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
test=# select version();

version
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.2.4 on powerpc-apple-darwin8.9.0, compiled by GCC
powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc.
build 5367)
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Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net