Re: Help with Procedures in pgsql - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Robert B. Easter
Subject Re: Help with Procedures in pgsql
Date
Msg-id 0012010132120Q.00289@comptechnews
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In response to Help with Procedures in pgsql  (Nelio Alves Pereira Filho <nelio@ifx.com.br>)
List pgsql-sql
On Monday 27 November 2000 15:01, Nelio Alves Pereira Filho wrote:
> I have the folowing procedure in PL/pgsql:
>
> CREATE FUNCTION set_counter () RETURNS INT AS '
> DECLARE
>     nivel_rec record;
>     new_count integer;

I always used the syntax like:
nivel_rec nivel%ROWTYPE;

Not sure it matters though.


> BEGIN
>     UPDATE nivel SET count=-2;
>
>     FOR nivel_rec IN SELECT * FROM nivel LOOP
>         new_count := set_counter_row (nivel_rec);
>     END LOOP;


I don't know what set_counter_row() is doing so the problem could be in that 
function.



>
>     RETURN new_count;
> END;'
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
>  I create it, but when I do 'select set_counter()', it says
>  IFX=# select set_counter();
>  ERROR:  Attribute 'nivel_rec' not found
>
>  Isn't that the right sintax to declare variables in pgsql? What's wrong
> with it?
>  Does my procedure contain any other errors that will appear later?
>
>
>
>  Thanks

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