Re: Error: column "host" does not exist

No. there are no name clashes.

I actually changed the names in posted text a bit. The arguments,
declared variables and column names, all have their unique prefixes.

Thanks
Mayuresh

Reg Me Please wrote:
> IS there any name clash with a function argument?
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> On Thursday 08 January 2009 08:30:07 Mayuresh Nirhali wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I am working with 8.1.4 pgsql as my database backend. I have a function
>> written in plpgsql language, that queries a particular table as below,
>>
>> select host from table_host where ip_address = ip_array[i] and port =
>> port_array[i];
>>
>> The query is running in a for loop. I see ip_array and port_array
>> getting populated with correct values during the execution.
>> The error I see is,
>>
>> ERROR:  column "host" does not exist
>> CONTEXT:  SQL statement "SELECT host"
>>         PL/pgSQL function "sp_get_ip_data" line 286 at raise
>>
>> throu psql, I can select the table_host fine.
>> column "host" is a primary key here.
>>
>> I dont understand why I see the "column does not exist" error; any idea ?
>>
>> cheers
>> Mayuresh
>>
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