Re: sintax error

On 19/02/10 07:52, iuri de araujo sampaio wrote:
> Hi there,
> i have got the followed error in the pgsql function bellow. Log messages
> point to:
>
> ********************
> ERROR: syntax error at end of input
> LINE 1: SELECT
> ^
> QUERY: SELECT
> CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function
> "cms_permission__revoke_permission" near line 67
>
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: syntax error at end of input
> SQL state: 42601
> Context: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function
> "cms_permission__revoke_permission" near line 67
>
> ********************
>
> However, I couldn't find any sintax error in those SELECT statements
> does anyone have any idea what is wrong with it?

I thought it was the PERFORM statements, but it's not. The line number 
seems right, although the error message is misleading.
>     if v_count < 1 then>       return;>     end if;

That bare return isn't legal. Try "return NULL" instead. The "error at 
end of input" means it was looking for an expression to return and 
couldn't find one.

Oh - unrelated tips.

1. You can have multi-line comments with /* ... */ - very useful for 
debugging.
2. Any version of PostgreSQL from the last few years supports "dollar 
quoting".
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS

That lets you do:

create or replace function ... as $$
...  IF myvar = 'normal-quoting works here' THEN
...
$$ language plpgsql;

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