Re: Error when assigning default value for function parameter

You can't use default values in a function, that option is available
as of version 8.4. You are using 8.3.

Regards,
Frank

Op 4 aug 2009, om 19:16 heeft Gert het volgende geschreven:

> I'm a bit in the dark:
> I use Windows XP
> I use pgAdmin ver 1.8.4
> I use PostGres 8.3.6
>
> All the documentation points out that it is allowed to assign default
> values to parameters, but I get a syntax error here.
>
> I would appreciate feedback.
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myfunc(a integer , b integer DEFAULT 100)
> RETURNS INTEGER AS $$
> select 200;
> $$ language sql;
>
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "DEFAULT"
> LINE 1: ...TE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ___myfunc(a int, b integer DEFAULT
> 10...
>
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Frank Heikens
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