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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Error when following a documentation
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:56:08 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwbmSz=FvxH3aCMkL0aPrtFXc9v_2WFNtdVmv96rMeY+WQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Tuesday, August 28, 2018, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> postgres=# DECLARE
> postgres-#     key integer;
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "integer"
> LINE 2:     key integer;
>                 ^
>

You are writing pl/psql language code at the SQL input prompt.  That won't
work.  You have to either use the SQL DO command or write a function.

David J.


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