Re: create function : change name of input parameter

On 08/20/2014 07:00 AM, Lori Corbani wrote:
>
> My example:
>
> DROP FUNCTION ACC_setMax();
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ACC_setMax (
> increment int,
> prefixPart varchar(30) = 'MGI:'
> )
> RETURNS VOID AS
> \$\$
>
>
> BEGIN
>
> /* Increment the max MGI Accession Number by @increment */
> update ACC_AccessionMax
> set maxNumericPart = maxNumericPart + increment
> where prefixPart = prefixPart
> ;
>
>
> END;
> \$\$
> LANGUAGE plpgsql;
>
> GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION ACC_setMax(int,varchar) TO public;
>
> *****
>
> When I change the parameter "prefixPart" to "v_prefixPart"....I get the error.
>
> prefixPart varchar(30) = 'MGI:'
>
> where prefixPart = prefixPart
>
> changed to
>
> v_ prefixPart varchar(30) = 'MGI:'
>
> where prefixPart = v_prefixPart
>

Can we see the actual sequence in psql with the command outputs?

Also what is escaping the $?


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Adrian Klaver
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