Re: Stored Procedure Newbie

chaconeric@hotmail.com (Eric Chacon) writes:
> CREATE FUNCTION update_flag_func()
> RETURNS text
> AS 'UPDATE update_flag SET content=current_timestamp;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

> What obvious thing am I missing?

plpgsql wants BEGIN and END decoration around the procedure body.
The example would work as-is (I think) if you said LANGUAGE 'sql'.

            regards, tom lane