X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D35C52BBC for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 02:24:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16633-05 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 05:24:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A165291C for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2005 02:24:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.13] ([68.239.97.180]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IKU00G5170322U2@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:24:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 01:25:04 -0400 From: Ferindo Middleton Jr Subject: Re: incorrect syntax for 'plpgsql' function to test boolean In-reply-to: <9F3785BD-3C92-47DE-B340-0C4572F1ACCB@pgedit.com> To: John DeSoi Cc: "'pgsql-sql@postgresql.org' SQL" Reply-To: fmiddleton@verizon.net Message-id: <42F59B30.7080807@verizon.net> Organization: Sleek Collar MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <42F57768.6090702@verizon.net> <9F3785BD-3C92-47DE-B340-0C4572F1ACCB@pgedit.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.312 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, DNS_FROM_RFC_POST X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200508/38 X-Sequence-Number: 22266 Yeah, I guess so..... I just didn't want the compiler to think I was trying to assign the value..... And I also figured out that instead of the &&, I needed to just say AND.... Thanks. Ferindo John DeSoi wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2005, at 10:52 PM, Ferindo Middleton Jr wrote: > >> ERROR: operator does not exist: boolean == boolean >> HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You >> may need to add explicit type casts. >> CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT (( $1 == true) && ( $2 == true))" >> PL/pgSQL function >> "trigger_insert_update_registration_and_attendance" line 13 at if >> >> What is wrong with my syntax above? >> > > Too much C programming :). You just want a single equal sign. > > select true = true; > ?column? > ---------- > t > (1 row) > > > > > John DeSoi, Ph.D. > http://pgedit.com/ > Power Tools for PostgreSQL > > -- Ferindo Middleton Chief Architect Sleekcollar.com