Hi Joe; thank a lot for the guide about the garbage character. I had copied and pasted it before, but now I've retyped it by hand and it works perfectly.
This function will be very very useful for me. Best regards, Javier ----------------------------------------------------------------- El Mar 09 Mar 2004 18:37, Joe Conway escribió: > javier garcia - CEBAS wrote: > > I've loaded it in the server but when I try to use it exactly as in the > > example Joe gives or in other way I obtain the answer: > > --------------------- > > murciadb=# SELECT ts FROM generate_ts('14/10/1999 01:02:45 > > UTC','26/12/2000 06:01:00 UTC','3 hours') AS t(ts); > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "alias" at character 22 > > CONTEXT: invalid type name "v_start alias for $1" > > compile of PL/pgSQL function "generate_ts" near line 2 > > I can reproduce that message if I add a garbage character to the > beginning of the noted line. Did you retype the function or > cut-and-paste? Please run: > select prosrc from pg_proc where proname = 'generate_ts'; > and post the result here. > > Joe > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend