Re: help with function and quotes

Ernesto,

> CREATE FUNCTION addtime(integer) RETURNS INTEGER AS '
> DECLARE
> additional ALIAS FOR $1;
> BEGIN
> update mytable set mytime=now()+''additional seconds'';
> END;
> '
> return 1;
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

Please go to techdocs (http://techdocs.postgresql.org/) and read Roberto
Mello's revised PL/pgSQL documentation (Roberto, is this part of the
main docs, yet?). There's several mistakes in this simple procedure, in
addition to the one you asked about. Or you could read the first 2-3
chapters of any book on PL/SQL for Oracle.

Then, try this:

CREATE FUNCTION addtime(integer) RETURNS INTEGER AS '
DECLARE
additional ALIAS FOR $1;
BEGIN
update mytable set mytime=now()+ INTERVAL( to_char(additional,
''9999'') || '' seconds'');
RETURN additional;
END;'
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

-Josh
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