Re: plpgsql question/problem

Scott and Tom,

Thanks for your replies. Yes, the missing select keyword was simply a typo on my part.

The code that I sent was simplified (I didn't include all the fields, most of which are character varying). I've spent all day yesterday trying to make it work. (I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but I using 8.2.4 on Win2000 SP4).

What else could be causing this code to correctly return the next sequence number but not insert anything into the table?

Thanks in advance,

Gord

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:46 PM
To: Hyatt, Gordon
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] plpgsql question/problem

On 8/13/07, Hyatt, Gordon <Gordon(dot)Hyatt(at)joslin(dot)harvard(dot)edu> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if this is the correct list for this question, but I'll give it a shot anyway. (If this is not the correct list, please suggest the correct one.)

CODE SNIPPED.

> When I attempt to run insert_a_and_b, insert_b fails with a foreign key violation.

I ran your exact same code and it worked fine. Note that I changed one line:

begin;
insert_a_and_b ('some text for a', 'some text for b');
commit;

became:

begin;
select insert_a_and_b ('some text for a', 'some text for b');
commit;

But I assume that's just a simple typo. I'm running pgsql 8.1.8