Re: problem with RECORD in a stored procedure

On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Dalton Shane wrote:

>
> HI,
>
> I have a strange problem with regard to the RECORD type. IN plpgsql language it
> doesn't seem to recognise the data type. Does anybody have any idea why? I've
> included a sample function and the terminal output to show what I mean. I've
> also included what should have gone into table orla.
>
> Any help would be appreciated in sorting out this frustrating problem.
>
> Shane
>
> CREATE FUNCTION sinead() RETURNS integer AS '
>     DECLARE
>         a integer :=0;
>         b RECORD;
>
>
>     BEGIN
>         FOR b IN SELECT MIN(total) from results LOOP
>             INSERT INTO orla(total) VALUES(b);

You need to specify an attribute of b to insert here (for example
b.min).

>         END LOOP;
>
>         RETURN a;
>
>
>     END;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';