Thanks for the hint and care. The install script has a set statement
already and I now added the search_path clause to no avail. Please find
the entire code attached and a screenshot from the error.
Am 26.02.2024 um 17:35 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Thiemo Kellner <thiemo(at)gelassene-pferde(dot)biz> writes:
>> However, I want to create a (trigger) function to impose data
>> consistency. For that purpose, I try to copy the data type of a PL/pgSQL
>> variable from the base object, a view in that case. Trying so, I get the
>> following error on installation of the function.
>
>> V⠒NODE_TYPE⠒NAME NODE⠒V.NODE_TYPE⠒NAME%type := null;
>
>> Syntax error at "%" … invalid type name. If I use the actual type of the
>> column, all is fine.
>
> FWIW, I couldn't reproduce this with the fragmentary scripts you
> provided. I suspect the problem is not about the special characters
> in the names, rather about search_path not including the NODE⠒V view.
> Consider schema-qualifying the view name, or attaching a "SET
> search_path" clause to the function.
>
> regards, tom lane