Re: Insert Function

On Wednesday 10 July 2002 21:59, David Durst wrote:
> Is there anyway to create a insert function?
> I am trying:
> CREATE FUNCTION add_user(varchar(20),varchar(20),varchar(20),int4,int4)
> RETURNS int4 AS 'INSERT INTO usr
> (user_name,first_name,last_name,permission_set_id,customer_id) values
> ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5)' language 'sql';
>
> and get:
>
> ERROR:  function declared to return integer, but final statement is not a
> SELECT
> I thought that a insert would return a internal row #, but I am not sure
> about this.

You can do something like this:

CREATE FUNCTION add_user(varchar(20),varchar(20),varchar(20),int4,int4)
RETURNS VARCHAR AS
'INSERT INTO usr(user_name,first_name,last_name,permission_set_id,customer_id) VALUES($1,$2,$3,$4,$5);SELECT ''created
user''|| $1::VARCHAR'language 'sql'; 

HTH

Ian Barwick