Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Pawley
: Bob Pawley Cc: John R Pierce ; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Bob Pawley wrote: However, perhaps I don't understand the idea of a function. Please review the

Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function

2009-06-26 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Bob Pawley wrote: > However, perhaps I don't understand the idea of a function. Please review the manual for examples. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql.html Specifically, http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-structure.html -- Jo

Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Pawley
June 26, 2009 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function Bob Pawley wrote: Hi I want to try using functions but I am having trouble understanding return. ... The error message - "control reached end of function without RETURN" I have attempted adding - Return integer

Re: [GENERAL] Need help using function

2009-06-26 Thread John R Pierce
Bob Pawley wrote: Hi I want to try using functions but I am having trouble understanding return. ... The error message - "control reached end of function without RETURN" I have attempted adding - Return integer; to the end of the function with no success. I'd try adding RETURN

[GENERAL] Need help using function

2009-06-26 Thread Bob Pawley
Hi I want to try using functions but I am having trouble understanding return. This is the function - CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION p_id.ip_orient_3() RETURNS integer AS $BODY$ Begin Insert into fluids (fluid_id) values ('1') ; End; $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE COST 100; ALTER