The syntax error was running the function while not in a trigger.
The trigger gave null as a return.
The error was "syntax error at or near Open".
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca>
Cc: "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>; "PostgreSQL"
<pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Cursor
> "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@shaw.ca> writes:
>> Qualifying the column was the solution.
>
> Huh. What was the error message you got, exactly? Because it doesn't
> seem like that should have led to a syntax error.
>
> regards, tom lane
