Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Christine Penner
ERROR: query has no destination for result data HINT: If you want to discard the results of a SELECT, use PERFORM instead. CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "subjectdisplay" line 7 at SQL statement ** Error ** ERROR: query has no destination for result data SQL state: 42601 Hint: If

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 16/11/2010 21:27, Christine Penner wrote: Select S_TRAINING_TITLE as Display from System Limit 1; Looking again at your function, I think this (and other similar lines) should be select s_training_title into display - i.e. "into" instead of "as". HTH, Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Christine Penner
I am returning one value (text). Each of the selects in the function should also return only one value. At 02:06 PM 16/11/2010, you wrote: On 11/16/2010 3:57 PM, Christine Penner wrote: I have seen other functions (written by others) that do this. So I assume its ok. I'm open to suggestions th

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 16/11/2010 21:57, Christine Penner wrote: I have seen other functions (written by others) that do this. So I assume its ok. I'm open to suggestions though. As long as it works. OK, fair enough. What error are you getting? Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland r...@iol.ie -- Sent

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Andy Colson
On 11/16/2010 3:57 PM, Christine Penner wrote: I have seen other functions (written by others) that do this. So I assume its ok. I'm open to suggestions though. As long as it works. At 01:54 PM 16/11/2010, you wrote: On 16/11/2010 21:27, Christine Penner wrote: create or replace function Subj

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Christine Penner
I have seen other functions (written by others) that do this. So I assume its ok. I'm open to suggestions though. As long as it works. At 01:54 PM 16/11/2010, you wrote: On 16/11/2010 21:27, Christine Penner wrote: create or replace function SubjectDisplay(IN subj varchar,IN meetCode numeric

Re: [GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 16/11/2010 21:27, Christine Penner wrote: create or replace function SubjectDisplay(IN subj varchar,IN meetCode numeric,IN meetTrWP integer,OUT Display varchar) returns varchar as I'm not certain about this, but is it a mistake to mix OUT parameters and RETURNS? Ray. -- Raymond O'Donn

[GENERAL] function problems

2010-11-16 Thread Christine Penner
I am trying to write a postgres function and I'm getting errors when the parameter sub is empty (it wont ever be null) and meetCode has a number. This is the function code: create or replace function SubjectDisplay(IN subj varchar,IN meetCode numeric,IN meetTrWP integer,OUT Display varchar)

Re: [GENERAL] Function Problems

2007-11-19 Thread Richard Huxton
Francis Waweru wrote: Am creating a function that will be able to sort date from a table that is over 400,000 rows. I want to pass variables from a java application am running but I can't able to do so. Please help on how to pass a variable from an application to a function so that I can speed up

[GENERAL] Function Problems

2007-11-19 Thread Francis Waweru
Am creating a function that will be able to sort date from a table that is over 400,000 rows. I want to pass variables from a java application am running but I can't able to do so. Please help on how to pass a variable from an application to a function so that I can speed up my select queries. Wawe