Re: newbie: Creating a function

it would end up looking something like the following:

create function OwnedGoods( varchar( 6 ), varchar( 2 ), int, int, int,
int, int, int ) returns int as '
DECLARE
     GMM_ID alias for $1;
     Div_ID alias for $2;
     Loc1 alias for $3;
     Loc2 alias for $4;
     Loc3 alias for $5;
     Loc120 alias for $6;
     Loc15 alias for $7;
     Cheshire alias for $8;
BEGIN
     /*
      * see http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/plpgsql.html
      * for more info...
      */
END;
' language 'plpgsql';

-tfo

> Here's the definition in MS:
> '-----START
>
> CREATE Function OwnedGoods
>     ( @GMM_ID varchar(6)
>      ,  @Div_ID varchar(2)
>      ,  @Loc1 int
>      ,  @Loc2 int
>      ,  @Loc3 int
>      ,  @Loc120 int
>      ,  @Loc15 int
>      ,  @Cheshire int
>     )
> Returns Int
> As
> Begin
>     Declare @Total Int
>     If @GMM_ID = '0001'
>  BEGIN
>   If @Div_id =  '15' or @Div_id =  '16' or  @Div_id =  '17'  or  @Div_id =
> '23'
>     Set @Total = sum(@Loc120 + @Loc3 )
>  Else
>                 Set @Total = sum(@Cheshire)
>  END
>     If @GMM_ID = '0002'
>  BEGIN
>                 Set @Total = sum(@loc15 + @Loc3)
>  END
>     If @GMM_ID = '0006' or @GMM_ID = '0007'
>  BEGIN
>    Set @Total = sum(@Loc1 + @loc2 +@Cheshire)
>  END
>     If @GMM_ID = '0008'
>  BEGIN
>   If @Div_id =  '99'
>     Set @Total = sum(@Loc120 + @Loc3 )
>  END
>     If @GMM_ID = '0003' or @GMM_ID = '0005'  or @GMM_ID = '0009'  or @GMM_ID
> = '999'
>        Begin
>            Set @Total = sum(@Cheshire)
>         END
>    if  @GMM_ID is null or @Div_id='00'  --Assume if bad data is from
> Cheshire
>        Begin
>            Set @Total = sum(@Cheshire)
>         END
>
>     Return(@Total)
> End
> '----END
>
>
>