Line length in pl/pgsql function

Hello all.

I was minding my business, writing a nice long pl/pgsql function and all was well. I tried creating the function (using
\i<file-with-definition>) and started getting funny errors. 

I figured out eventually that the problem seems due to line length in a construct of: FOR result IN <SELECT ...> LOOP

Here's the "clean" code that doesn't work:
               FOR result IN                   SELECT                       initcap( c.name )         AS category,
                initcap( l.language )     AS language,                       count(*)                  AS howmany
           FROM                       urlinfo u JOIN ratings_by_serial r USING (id)                       JOIN
categoriesc USING (cid)                       JOIN languages l USING (lang_id)                   WHERE u.ratedon
BETWEENstartDate AND endDate                   GROUP BY category, language                   ORDER BY category,
language              LOOP                   RETURN NEXT result;               END LOOP; 

But, if I scrunch up most of it to one line:
               FOR result IN SELECT initcap( c.name ) AS category, initcap( l.language ) AS language, count(*) AS
howmanyFROM urlinfo u JOIN ratings_by_serial r USING (id) JOIN categories c USING (cid) JOIN languages l USING
(lang_id)WHERE u.ratedon BETWEEN startDate AND endDate GROUP BY category, language ORDER BY category, language LOOP
             RETURN NEXT result;               END LOOP; 

... it loads this part just fine. This was after about an hour of hair-pulling and log reading. Currently running
PostgreSQL7.3.4 on FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE. I've read through the release notes for the more recent versions (7.3.5, 7.3.6,
7.4.1,7.4.2) but didn't see anything like this mentioned. Perhaps a fix for this is part of another fix? 

Any thoughts on who I should start poking about a solution? Is there possibly a configuration setting I can change?
Upgradingis an option, but I'd rather not go there just yet if I can avoid it. 

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David Olbersen
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