X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.192]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86580CC95A for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:47:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr4.postgresql.org [64.117.224.192]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 74417-04 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:47:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from isd.canberra.edu.au (isd.canberra.edu.au [137.92.10.5]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58CB7CC943 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:47:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: from cts.canberra.edu.au (fooey.canberra.edu.au [137.92.10.57]) by isd.canberra.edu.au (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h6HAlSCF021265 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:47:28 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <3F167E9D.2090709@cts.canberra.edu.au> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:46:53 +1000 From: Terence Kearns User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3.1) Gecko/20030425 X-Accept-Language: en-au, en-gb, en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: parse error for function def Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/213 X-Sequence-Number: 14327 CREATE FUNCTION base.fn_fkey_check(text, text, int4) RETURNS bool AS 'DECLARE BEGIN RETURN (SELECT count($1) FROM $2 where $1 = $3)::bool; END;' LANGUAGE 'sql'; produces this error ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "RETURN" at character 20 I'm trying to create a function to use on a trigger to check reference to views since pg does not support foreign keys referencing views. -- Terence Kearns ~ ph: +61 2 6201 5516 IT Database/Applications Developer Enterprise Information Systems Client Services Division University of Canberra www.canberra.edu.au