User Defined Functions Errors

From: "A(dot) Kulikov" <a(dot)kulikov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: User Defined Functions Errors
Date: 2005-04-18 18:32:26
Message-ID: fc63e1af05041811327a8b3061@mail.gmail.com
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How to I return an error from inside a user defined function? For
example the following:

CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION drop_node (integer) RETURNS text
AS '

DECLARE

mleft INTEGER;
mright INTEGER;

BEGIN

-- Check if the desired node exists
SELECT lft, rgt FROM structure WHERE id = $1 INTO mleft, mright;

IF mleft IS NULL THEN
RETURN ''No entry found with an id of ''||$2;
END IF;

-- Drop the node and its subtree
DELETE FROM structure WHERE lft >= mleft AND rgt <= mright;

-- Close the gap
UPDATE structure SET rgt = rgt - (mright - mleft + 1) WHERE rgt > mright;
UPDATE structure SET lft = lft - (mright - mleft + 1) WHERE lft > mleft;

RETURN ''ok'';

END;
'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Should be terminated with an error @ RETURN "No Entry found"; instead
of returning the error text.

best regards and thanks,

Alex
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