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On 10/20/2004 6:03 PM, Gifford Hesketh wrote:

> Am I forgetting some limitation ?  I get "ERROR:  syntax error at or
> near "$1" at character 22" with this:
> 
> CREATE FUNCTION public.fn_b_import( text ) RETURNS void AS 
> '
> COPY b_import FROM $1 ;
> '
> LANGUAGE 'sql' STABLE;

Utility statements don't accept parameters for arguments. Use the 
EXECUTE syntax of PL/pgSQL for this.


Jan

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