Re: A Query that works standalone but not in a f(x)

Ralph Smith <rsmith@10kinfo.com> writes: 

Within the function I have:   

for darec in select * from purchbt where addr not like ''%STE%STE%'' and 
addr not like ''%STE%STE%STE%'' and  (addr similar to 
''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+'' or addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z]'' or 
addr similar to ''%STE[A-Z]*[0-9]+[A-Z][A-Z]'')  loop   

and it finds no records.
Outside the function, replace '' with ', I DO get the results I expect.   

Maybe "addr" is the name of a local variable inside the function?
Pre-9.0, that sort of ambiguity can bite you pretty easily.
		regards, tom lane 

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Ralph
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